The Other Chekhov: A Biography of Michael Chekhov, the Legendary Actor, Director & Theorist

The first 30 years of the 20th-century produced a theatrical explosion whose reverberations are still felt today. Stanislavsky, Meyerhold, Vakhtanghov, Michael Chekhov in Russia; Reinhardt, Piscator & Brecht in Germany; and Copeau, Barrault & Artaud in France collectively demolished the 19th-century aesthetic and, in their wake, created the modernity which is the hallmark of today's theatre.

Most of these men have already been turned into modern icons; there is no shortage of bios on the pio...