ICONIC DETAILS OF CHEKHOV’S DRAMA IN THE RUSSIAN AND CHINESE THEATERS OF THE XXI CENTURY

Abstract

The article considers the literary issue of the recognizable image in Chekhov’s drama poetics as well as the attempts made to overcome this image on the stage. The subject matter of the research is Chekhov’s drama imagery, artistic details and their transformation on the Russian and Chinese stage of the XXI century. The analysis of the text’s poetics is mainly carried out to study and contrast with the modern theatrical productions staged by Jury Butusov, Nikolay Kolyada, Dmitry Krymov, Oleg Yefremov, Lai Shengchuan, Yang Shen, Li Liuyi and others. Today the issue of Chekhov’s plays’ stage adaptation is in retreat due to the extensively studied issue of Chekhov’s impact on modern playwrights. The modern theatre’s approach to the word as it is enables the researcher to trace the changes in the comprehension and interpretation of the classical legacy.