'Michael Chekhov on the Technique of Acting: "Was Don Quixote True to

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Asanoutstandingactorandauthorofoneofthebestactortrainingmanuals everpublishedintheEuropeantradition,1MichaelChekhov(1891-1955)is oneofthekeyfiguresintwentieth-centurytheatre.Hisabilitytotransform himselfonstagewascelebratedbysomeofthemajordirectorsofthecentury, includingStanislavsky,Vakhtangov,Reinhardt,andMeyerhold:whilsthis practicaladvicecontinuestoinspireactorsthroughhiswritingsandthrough schoolsinRussia,Lithuania,Holland,Denmark,Germany,GreatBritain andtheUSA.

'Michael Chekhov on the Technique of Acting: "Was Don Quixote True to Life?"', in Alison Hodge (ed.), Twentieth Century Actor Training, London: Routledge, pp. 79–97.

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