Table of Contents
Introduction vii
1 Moscow Theatre, 1881-1885 1
Sarah Bernhardt 1
Sarah Bernhardt Again 6
Hamlet at the Pushkin Theatre 12
The Baron 15
Geneviève de Brabant 22
Fragments of Moscow Theatre Life 24
2 On Writing, 1883-1904 47
Authors 49
Writing 57
Theatre, Society and the Public 68
Criticism 82
Writing for the Theatre 89
Actors 96
Acting 110
Chekhov as Critic 113
3 Chekhov's Plays, 1887-1904 139
Ivanov I 141
Ivanov II 150
One-Act Plays 165
The Wood Demon 169
Uncle Vanya 178
The Seagull I 180
The Seagull II 189
Three Sisters 191
The Cherry Orchard 199
Appendices
The Genesis of Chekhov's Plays 221
The Moscow Art Theatre 1898-1904 226
Chekhov on the Russian Stage 1887-1917 228
Chekhov's Principal Correspondents 238
Index 241