Chekhov's Contribution Of Stanislavski

As the above statement declares Anton Chekhov's work had become some of the most relevant and important pieces of writing in Russia. He had begun a new era in writing and theatre. However Chekhov felt an anguish similar to many other great playwrights of the time when he saw his own plays misinterpreted by actors portraying melodrama, and the directors who encouraged it. The gap that he perceived between his playtexts and the performances they had been turned into led him to become bitter towards theatre and begin to lose enthusiasm. In a letter to Suvorin, his friend and publisher, in 1898, Chekhov declared: Formerly I had no greater delight than to sit in a theatre, but now I sit there feeling as though at any moment someone in the gallery …show more content…
Their theories are possibly considered the greatest influences on modern theatre to date and are used throughout the world as a means to achieve realistic forms of art and theatre.Although their work and ideas are considered opposing it is their individual influences on theater to date that are most respected and we now see new practitioners take on obvious ideas from both Stanislavski and Brecht and begin to mix them into their own practices which is continuing to lead to new discoveries with in theater as an art …show more content…
Perhaps in Hollywood cinema the major influence was the Stanislavski system This psyco-realism style proposed by Stanislavski is visible in the work of great actors such as Robert De Niro’s performance in Raging Bull, or in almost every Daniel Day-Lewis performance. However it is not just Stanislavski's ideas and systems seem to transcend time into modern day theatre and film.Brechts Marxist influence on the modern world is prominent in cinema and theatre.The popularity of plays which seem to test the audiences views are more prevalent now than ever, a surge in plays by Pinter, Beckett and Brecht can be seen all across the modern day theatres.These life questioning plays like Shakespeare's will undoubtedly stand the test of time along with the systems put in place to present truly meaningful