EXETER DIGITAL ARCHIVES
of performance practice
Mason, Felicity (1993) (EDA/AA/46)
The training sessions of Michael Chekhov. 60 minutes
Michael Chekhov, a pupil of Stanislavski, went on to develop in Russia, Europe and the United States an influential method of actor training, and is becoming more widely known in the field of performance research. Particular interest is being shown in the way Chekhov perceived the relationship of the emotions to physical actions. Felicity Mason studied with Michael Chekhov at Dartington, U.K. in the 1930s and later in New York. In this DVD-ROM she teaches a young actor, Daniel Jamieson, some of the basic features of this training as they were taught to her, and explains the processes involved. (1993)