Michael Chekhov
Mijaíl Aleksándrovich Chéjov
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Born into a middle-class Saint-Petersburg family and a nephew of Anton Chekhov, Michael Chekhov entered Konstantin Stanislavski’s First Studio, where he acted, directed and absorbed the early “system” while also drawing influence from Yevgeny Vakhtangov and Leopold Sulerzhitsky; Stanislavski later praised him as his most brilliant pupil. After the 1917 Revolution he left the Moscow Art Theatre, le…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
