"The Moscow Art Theatre is still recognised as having more impact on modern theatre than any company in the world. This illustrated book is a beautifully crafted reproduction of a Russian journal from 1914. It documents, photographically, the premieres of Anton Chekhov's full-length plays produced by the Moscow Art Theatre. Edited by renowned theatre historian Vera Gottlieb, the volume also reproduces - for the first time in an English translation - introductions by Stanislavsky's collaborator Nemirovich-Danchenko and an introduction by Nikolai Efros, the first literary manager of the MAT, and the first author of monographs on Chekhov's plays at the MAT. With 198 illustrations, many of which are unfamiliar, this is a significant contribution to our own understanding of the origins of today's theatre."--BOOK JACKET