Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Editor's note; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: Prologue 1897; 1 Beginnings; Part Two: The First Decade; 2 The First Season; 3 Uncle Vanya; 4 Three Sisters; 5 Petersburg; 6 Changes; 7 Julius Caesar; 8 The Cherry Orchard; Part Three: Dissension; 9 Dissension; 10 The Struggle for Control; 11 The Theatre and the System; Part Four: The Revolution And After; 12 America; 13 Stalin; Biographical index; Index
Summary
Moscow Art Theatre Letters tells the real story of the Moscow Art Theatre, from its origin at the turn of the century through its first forty years. Jean Benedetti presents the historical record first-hand in this collection of the letters of the main protagonists. Many are available in English for the first time--all will come as a revelation to Western readers
