Butusov's Unconventional Stage Interpretation of Chekhov's Plays -- Taking the Seagull as an Example

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Butusov's Unconventional Stage Interpretation of Chekhov's Plays -- Taking the Seagull as an Example

Gechun Wang 1*
  • 1 Drama,Film and Literature, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210046,China    
  • *corresponding author 2909479517@qq.com
CHR Vol.3
ISSN (Print): 2753-7072
ISSN (Online): 2753-7064
ISBN (Print): 978-1-915371-29-4
ISBN (Online): 978-1-915371-30-0

Abstract

Director Butusov often uses subversive means to interpret Chekhov's plays, an unconventional interpretation that nevertheless expresses the very heart of Chekhov's plays. Using the theatrical production The Seagull as an example, the paper discusses aspects of Butusov's unconventional stage interpretation of Chekhov's plays: the violent stage temperament, subversive casting, and the director's alternative torture.

Keywords:

Butusov, Chekhov, the Seagull, nested structure, polyphony

Wang,G. (2023). Butusov's Unconventional Stage Interpretation of Chekhov's Plays -- Taking the Seagull as an Example. Communications in Humanities Research,3,1162-1167.
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References

[1]. Norman Bryson, Michael Ann Holly,Keith Moxey,Visual Culture:Images and Interpretations (Hanover and London, Wesleyan University Press, 1994), 7.

[2]. Tang Kexin. Chekhov as a Symbol and its Expression in Contemporary Russian Theatre [J]. DOI:10.13917/j.cnki.drama.2015.04.002.

[3]. G. P. Berdnikov: An-Ba Chekhov: Explorations in Thought and Composition, translated by Yishen Zhu, East China Normal University, 2015, p. 272

[4]. Peng Tao. The Wandering Seagull: A Review of Yuri Butusov's "Sagirikon Theatre" Version of "The Seagull"[J]. Drama and Film Review, 2020, (02):24-33+2.

[5]. Tang Kexin. Chekhov as a Symbol and its Expression in Contemporary Russian Theatre [J]. DOI:10.13917/j.cnki.drama.2015.04.002.

[6]. Bachkin: Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics, translated by Bai Chunren and Gu Yaling, Life, Reading and New Knowledge, 1988, p. 190

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Wang,G. (2023). Butusov's Unconventional Stage Interpretation of Chekhov's Plays -- Taking the Seagull as an Example. Communications in Humanities Research,3,1162-1167.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication Studies (ICIHCS 2022), Part 1

ISBN：978-1-915371-29-4(Print) / 978-1-915371-30-0(Online)
Editor：Faraz Ali Bughio, David T. Mitchell
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Conference date: 18 December 2022
Series: Communications in Humanities Research
Volume number: Vol.3
ISSN：2753-7064(Print) / 2753-7072(Online)

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References

[1]. Norman Bryson, Michael Ann Holly,Keith Moxey,Visual Culture:Images and Interpretations (Hanover and London, Wesleyan University Press, 1994), 7.

[2]. Tang Kexin. Chekhov as a Symbol and its Expression in Contemporary Russian Theatre [J]. DOI:10.13917/j.cnki.drama.2015.04.002.

[3]. G. P. Berdnikov: An-Ba Chekhov: Explorations in Thought and Composition, translated by Yishen Zhu, East China Normal University, 2015, p. 272

[4]. Peng Tao. The Wandering Seagull: A Review of Yuri Butusov's "Sagirikon Theatre" Version of "The Seagull"[J]. Drama and Film Review, 2020, (02):24-33+2.

[5]. Tang Kexin. Chekhov as a Symbol and its Expression in Contemporary Russian Theatre [J]. DOI:10.13917/j.cnki.drama.2015.04.002.

[6]. Bachkin: Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics, translated by Bai Chunren and Gu Yaling, Life, Reading and New Knowledge, 1988, p. 190

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