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Michael Chekhov

Mikhail Aleksandrovich Chekhov (Russian: Михаил Александрович Чехов; 16 August 1891 – 30 September 1955), known as Michael Chekhov, was a Russian-American actor, director, author, and theatre practitioner.[1] He was a nephew of the playwright Anton Chekhov and a student of Konstantin Stanislavski. Stanislavski referred to him as his most brilliant student.

Michael Chekhov

Mikhail Aleksandrovich Chekhov

(1891-08-16)16 August 1891
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire

30 September 1955(1955-09-30) (aged 64)

Beverly Hills, California, U.S.

1913–1954

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(m. 1914; div. 1917)​
Xenia Karlovna Ziller
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(m. 1918)​

Ada Tschechowa

Alexander Chekhov
Natalya Golden

Anton Chekhov (uncle)
Olga Knipper (aunt)
Vera Tschechowa (granddaughter)

Although mainly a stage actor, he made a few notable appearances on film, perhaps most memorably as the Freudian analyst in Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound (1945), for which he received his only Academy Award nomination.

Чехов, Михаил. Литературное наследие: В 2 т. / Общ. науч. ред. М.О. Кнебель; сост.: И.И. Аброскина, М.С. Иванова, Н.А. Крымова; коммент. И.И. Аброскиной, М.С. Ивановой. М., 1995.

Rushe, Sinéad, Michael Chekhov's Acting Technique: A Practitioner's Guide. London, Bloomsbury, 2019.

Dixon, Graham, The Master Key to Acting Freedom: Getting Ready for the Theatre of Life, 2021.

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Chekhov, Michael, On the Technique of Acting. New York: HarperCollins, 1991.

Chekhov, Michael, Lessons for the Professional Actor. New York: Performing Arts Journal Publications, 1985.

Chekhov, Michael, Lessons for Teachers of his Acting Technique. Ottawa: Dovehouse Editions Inc., 2000.

Powers, Mala, Michael Chekhov: On Theatre and the Art of Acting, Audio CD. New York: Working Arts, 2004. There are 4 CDs.

Chekhov, Michael, The Path of the Actor. London: Routledge, 2005. This includes selections from Life and Encounters.

Chekhov, Michael, Ball, David (trans), Life and Encounters. Unpublished manuscript, copyright Michael Chekhov Centre UK.

Leonard, Charles, Michael Chekhov's To the Director and Playwright. New York: Limelight Editions, 1984.

Hurst Du Prey, Deirdre Hurst, ‘Interview with Deirdre Hurst Du Prey at Dartington in July 1978 by Peter Hulton’ in The Training Sessions of Michael Chekhov, Dartington: Dartington Theatre Papers, Third Series, 9 (1979–80) ( ISSN 0309-8036).

Hurst Du Prey, Deirdre Hurst, ‘Verbatim transcripts by Deirdre Hurst Du Prey of lessons given by Michael Chekhov in 1939′ in The Training Sessions of Michael Chekhov,

Dartington: Dartington Theatre Papers, Third Series, 9 (1979–80) ( ISSN 0309-8036).

Petit, Lenard, The Michael Chekhov Handbook, for the Actor. Oxon: Routledge, 2010.

Chamberlain, Franc, Michael Chekhov. London; Routledge, 2004.

Black, Lendley C., Mikhail Chekhov as Actor, Director and Teacher. Michigan: Ann Arbor UMI Research Press, 1987.

The Drama Review: TDR, Vol. 27, No. 3 (T99) (Fall 1983), Michael Chekhov.

Chamberlain, Franc, Kirillov, Andrei and Pitches, Jonathan, Theatre, Dance and Performance Training, Michael Chekhov, Vol. 4(2) (2013).

Ashperger, Cynthia, The Rhythm of Space and the Sound of Time. New York: Rodopi, 2008

Zinder, David, Body, Voice, Imagination. London: Routledge, 2002.

Micha, Master Classes in the Michael Chekhov Technique, DVD. UK: Routledge, 2007.

Zinder, David, Actor Training (Michael Chekhov), DVD, Peter Hulton (dir). Exeter: Arts Documentation Unit.

Michael Chekhov, The Dartington Years, DVD

Michael Chekhov: From Moscow to Hollywood, DVD

Mason, Felicity, The Training Sessions of Michael Chekhov (1993) Arts Archives. Arts Documentation Unit, Exeter, UK 2008.

Farber, Vreneli, Stanislavsky in Practice: Actor Training in Post-Soviet Russia (Artists & Issues in the Theatre, Vol. 16) New York: Peter Lang, 2008. (summary of M. Chekhov's system and its application in post-Soviet actor training)  978-1-4331-0315-5

ISBN

Евгений Вахтангов. Документы и свидетельства: В 2 т. / Ред.-сост В.В. Иванов; ред. М.В. Львова, М.В. Хализева. М.: Индрик, 2011. Т. 1 – 519 с., илл.; Т. 2 – 686 с., илл.

Евгений Вахтангов в театральной критике / Ред.-сост. В.В. Иванов. М.: Театралис, 2016. – 703 с.; илл.

Иванов В.В. Евгений Вахтангов и Михаил Чехов. Игра на краю, или Театральный опыт трансцендентального// Русский авангард 1910-1920-х годов и проблема экспрессионизма/ Редколлегия: Г.Ф. Коваленко и др. М.; Наука, 2003.

Лекции Рудольфа Штайнера о драматическом искусстве в изложении Михаила Чехова. Письма к В.А. Громову. Публ. С.В. Казачкова и Т.Л. Стрижак. Вступ. текст В.В. Иванова. Коммент. С.В. Казачкова, Т.Л. Стрижак и В.Г. Астаховой // Мнемозина. Документы и факты из истории отечественного театра ХХ века / Ред.-сост. В.В. Иванов. Вып. 2. М.: УРСС, 2000. С. 85–142.

"Зритель – лицо всегда загадочное для артиста…" Письма зрителей, читателей и коллег Михаилу Чехову. Публ., вступит. статья и коммент. М.В. Хализевой // Мнемозина. Документы и факты из истории отечественного театра XX века / Ред.-сост. В.В. Иванов. Вып. 4. М.: Индрик, 2009. С. 585–616.

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