ABSTRACT

First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

chapter I|9 pages

OLD RUSSIA

chapter II|9 pages

FAMILY LIFE

chapter III|11 pages

STRUGGLES WITH OBSTINACY

chapter IV|7 pages

VALUE OF CHILDISH IMPRESSIONS

chapter V|19 pages

PLAY DAYS

chapter VI|8 pages

OUR HOME THEATRE

chapter VII|10 pages

A SUDDENLY DISCOVERED TALENT

chapter VIII|15 pages

RUSSIAN DRAMATIC SCHOOLS

chapter IX|12 pages

THE LITTLE THEATRE

chapter X|6 pages

THE CONSERVATORY

chapter XI|7 pages

ANTON RUBENSTEIN

chapter XII|16 pages

ATTEMPTS IN OPERETTAS

chapter XIII|9 pages

THE OPERA

chapter XIV|7 pages

THE MAMONTOV CIRCLE

chapter XV|13 pages

THE SOCIETY OF ART AND LITERATURE

chapter XVI|8 pages

FUNDAMENTALS OF ART MATERIAL

chapter XVII|11 pages

MARRIAGE

chapter XVIII|16 pages

CHARACTER PARTS

chapter XIX|11 pages

GENIUS OF DIRECTOR KRONEK

chapter XX|10 pages

FIRST EXPERIENCE AS A DIRECTOR

chapter XXI|9 pages

LEV TOLSTOY

chapter XXII|12 pages

"URIEL ACOSTA"

chapter XXIII|8 pages

"THE POLISH JEW"

chapter XXIV|10 pages

THE PROFESSIONAL THEATRE

chapter XXV|9 pages

NEW STAGE EFFECTS

chapter XXVI|12 pages

TOMMASO SALVINI THE ELDER

chapter XXVII|11 pages

OTHELLO

chapter XXVIII|12 pages

MEETING WITH NEMIROVICH-DANCHENKO

chapter XXIX|11 pages

MY SUMMER IN PUSHKINO

chapter XXX|18 pages

THE FOUNDING OF THE MOSCOW ART THEATRE

chapter XXXI|11 pages

THE PRODUCTIONS OF THE MOSCOW ART THEATRE

chapter XXXII|4 pages

THE LINE OF THE FANTASTIC

chapter XXXIII|8 pages

SYMBOLISM AND IMPRESSIONISM

chapter XXXIV|8 pages

"THE SEAGULL"

chapter XXXV|4 pages

"UNCLE VANYA"

chapter XXXVI|6 pages

THE JOURNEY TO THE CRIMEA IN 1900

chapter XXXVII|6 pages

"THE THREE SISTERS"

chapter XXXVIII|6 pages

THE FIRST JOURNEY TO PETROGRAD

chapter XXXIX|8 pages

JOURNEYS TO THE PROVINCES

chapter XL|10 pages

THE LINE OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL MOODS

chapter XLII|7 pages

JULIUS CÆSAR

chapter XLIII|5 pages

THE LAST YEAR WITH CHEKHOV

chapter XLIV|5 pages

"THE CHERRY ORCHARD"

chapter XLV|14 pages

THE STUDIO ON POVARSKAYA

chapter XLVI|11 pages

OUR FIRST JOURNEY ABROAD

chapter XLVII|8 pages

THE CABBAGE PARTIES

chapter XLVIII|10 pages

THE BEGINNINGS OF MY SYSTEM

chapter XLIX|4 pages

LEOPOLD SULERJITSKY

chapter L|12 pages

"THE DRAMA OF LIFE"

chapter LI|9 pages

DISAPPOINTMENTS

chapter LII|5 pages

"THE LIFE OF MAN"

chapter LIII|7 pages

A VISIT TO MAETERLINCK

chapter LIV|20 pages

ISADORA DUNCAN AND GORDON CRAIG

chapter LV|6 pages

THE FIRST STUDIO

chapter LVI|11 pages

THE FOUNDING OF THE FIRST STUDIO

chapter LVII|5 pages

"A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY"

chapter LVIII|3 pages

THE WAR

chapter LIX|8 pages

THE SECOND REVOLUTION

chapter LX|5 pages

THE OPERA STUDIO

chapter LXI|10 pages

MY LIFE IN ART