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Tag Archives: Anton Chekhov
Acting Chekhov: a compilation of quotes.
All excerpts below from The Actor’s Chekhov: Nikos Psacharopoulos and the Company of the Williamstown Theatre Festival, on the Plays of Anton Chekhov – a book I adore. It’s extensive interviews with all of the actors who were “regulars” at … Continue reading
Acting Chekhov: “long runs of plays”
Excerpt from The Actor’s Chekhov: Nikos Psacharopoulos and the Company of the Williamstown Theatre Festival, on the Plays of Anton Chekhov: Nikos Psacharopoulos: Actors only ever go wrong in long runs of plays because they haven’t found that unfinished part … Continue reading
Acting Chekhov: Plums
Excerpt from The Actor’s Chekhov: Nikos Psacharopoulos and the Company of the Williamstown Theatre Festival, on the Plays of Anton Chekhov: Interview with Olympia Dukakis: Something very interesting happened the first time I did Paulina in The Sea Gull. She … Continue reading
Acting Chekhov: Intuition
Excerpt from The Actor’s Chekhov: Nikos Psacharopoulos and the Company of the Williamstown Theatre Festival, on the Plays of Anton Chekhov: Interview with AUSTIN PENDLETON JEAN HACKETT: But playing Tusenbach in Three Sisters was different. You mentioned that with that … Continue reading
Acting Chekhov: “in mourning for my life”
Excerpt from The Actor’s Chekhov: Nikos Psacharopoulos and the Company of the Williamstown Theatre Festival, on the Plays of Anton Chekhov: Olympia Dukakis: I remember my brother and I came to New York when I was in college and saw … Continue reading
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Acting Chekhov: “smash something”
Excerpt from The Actor’s Chekhov: Nikos Psacharopoulos and the Company of the Williamstown Theatre Festival, on the Plays of Anton Chekhov: Interview with Laila Robins: [Christopher Walken] did something wonderful in that scene [in Ivanov]. Sasha has a line: “Exactly, … Continue reading
Acting Chekhov: Being moody …
Excerpt from The Actor’s Chekhov: Nikos Psacharopoulos and the Company of the Williamstown Theatre Festival, on the Plays of Anton Chekhov: Nikos Psacharopoulos: In a Greek play it’s not that there is a peculiar kind of delivery, it is that … Continue reading
Acting Chekhov: “dramatically effective”
Excerpt from The Actor’s Chekhov: Nikos Psacharopoulos and the Company of the Williamstown Theatre Festival, on the Plays of Anton Chekhov: Anton Chekhov: The demand is made that the hero and the heroine should be dramatically effective. But in life … Continue reading
Acting Chekhov: Walken as Ivanov
Excerpt from The Actor’s Chekhov: Nikos Psacharopoulos and the Company of the Williamstown Theatre Festival, on the Plays of Anton Chekhov: JEAN HACKETT: What was the process with Ivanov? CHRISTOPHER WALKEN: I loved doing that. I’d like to do that … Continue reading
Literature Lost in Translation
A fascinating and disturbing article about the mangled translation of Jules Verne’s work. (And check out the comments, too – the bit about Hans Christian Andersen really sparked my curiosity – I would love to read the original!!) Translation has … Continue reading