Items · Michael Chekhov: The Actor is the Theatre

Michael Chekhov as Ivan Stepanov

Publicity portrait of Michael Chekhov as Ivan Stepanov, Song of Russia, 1944

Michael Chekhov as Khlestakov

Publicity portrait of Michael Chekhov as Khlestakov, The Government Inspector, ca. 1935?

Michael Chekhov as Skid

Publicity portrait of Michael Chekhov as Skid, Artisten, 1928

Michael Chekhov as Erik XIV

Publicity portrait of Michael Chekhov as Erik XIV, Erik XIV, ca. 1921?

Michael Chekhov as Malvolio

Publicity portrait of Michael Chekhov as Malvolio, Twelfth Night, 1920

Michael Chekhov

Publicity portrait of Micheal Chekhov, 1929

Chekhov Theatre Studio, plate 6

Portrait of Michael Chekhov

Beatrice Straight with two unidentified men

Paula Morel

Paula Morel was a teacher and librarian at Dartington Hall as well as working with Chekhov's group. She counted Nonny Gardner among her students.

Dartington Hall

Michael Chekhov seated far right, Xenia Chekhov seated far left

Daphne Moore and Vishnadas Shirali

Dartington Hall

Michael Chekhov (right of the car with his left hand at hip) stands with a group outside of the Chekhov Theatre Studio.

Sarah Gardner, Richard Gardner, Nonny Gardner, Rosemary Gardner, William Gardner. Sarah and William Gardner are Nonny Gardner's grandparents, and Richard and Rosemary Gardner are Nonny's half siblings.

Vishnadas Shirali and Deirdre Hurst

Alan Harkness

Beatrice Straight

Blair Cutting with Baby Michele and Alice Crowther

Sonia Schatz, Baby Michele, and Blair Cutting

Blair Cutting holding Baby Michele, Alice Crowther seated in the background

Deirdre Hurst

Erika Kapralik Chambliss and Woodrow Chambliss

Mary Lou Taylor and Ford Rainey

Mary Lou Taylor and Ford Rainey with unidentified child

Group sitting on a wall

Iris Tree, Alan Harkness, Hal Sanders, Erika Kapralik Chambliss, Ludmila Chirikov, Lucy Singer, Andre Singer, and Eleana/Eleanora Barrie