1) WORKS BY MICHAEL CHEKHOV

Portuguese translation of To the Actor, only published in 1986, 31 years after the author's death. Until the creation of Michael Chekhov Brasil, this book was essentially the only opportunity Brazilian actors had - apart from a few sporadic workshops and other events over several decades - to come into contact with his teachings.

Key work published in 1953, two years before the author's death, and for over three decades the most important publication for studying his teachings in the English language. This is the revised, expanded edition with a preface by Simon Callow.

First edition of Michael Chekhov's key work, with a preface by Yul Brynner and illustrations by Nicolai Remisoff.

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1991
Language: English
To the Actor was an edited version of M.Chekhov's original manuscript. In 1991, Mel Gordon published this expanded version, introduced by Mala Powers, his former student and executrix of his estate.

Publisher: Urachhaus, 2010
Language: German
In 1945/6 Michael Chekhov published the first version of his book about the art of the actor, in Moskow and in Russian, of which this is the German translation. The same manuscripts later formed the basis of the publication of To the Actor, although the organization and presentation of the exercises is actually very often clearer here, and in a great many respects resembles On the Technique of Acting (see above).

French edition of To the Actor.

French edition of  On the Technique of Acting.

Collection of texts from lectures given by Michael Chekhov to a group of actors in New York in 1941.

GLOSSARY
In 2013  Michael Chekhov Brasil published a PDF glossary of this book. To download this document, please click on the book cover (right).

Transcription of 18 classes given by Michael Chekhov in the 1930's, at his first studio at Dartington Hall, England, to Deirdre Hurst du Prey and Beatrice Straight, two of his most important followers and practitioners of his work.

A new edition of the above book, expanded to include not only the lessons in the original, but the transcription of nine previously unpublished of the archives left by Deirdre Hurst du Prey, hist student, assistant and collaborator.
Hugo Moss contributed to this MICHA project, researching the nearly 2,000 pages of the archive and collaborating on the selection of the new texts.

During the last years of his life, M.Chekhov was working, together with Charles Leonard, on a book mainly aimed at directors and playwrights. Although he never finished the work, we do have this version which his collaborator completed and published in 1963.

English translation of the autobiography which Michael Chekhov published in Russian in 1928, the same year as he fled into exile.  As well as this book, which documents his childhood in St. Petersburg, youth, his years as actor and director at the Moscow Arts Theatre, the friendship with Vakhtangov etc., this edition also brings us excerpts from another autobiographical work, under the title Life and Encounters.

German translation of the book Lessons for the Professional Actor (q.v.).
Kindly donated by Mani Wintsch e Bernadette Wintsch-Heinen (Zürich, Switzerland)

German translation of various autobiographical writing by  Michael Chekhov (part of which makes up the material in The Path of the Actor above).
Kindly donated by Michael Tschechow Studio Berlin (Germany)

Reproduction of the manuscript of a story written and illustrated by Michael Chekhov. Limited edition of  75 copies.

Teatrical journal published with a translation of Michael Chekhov's themes for improvisations (the same as the those in the last chapter of To the Actor).

Special edition of the quarterly magazine, published 3 years after the foundation of the Michael Chekhov Studio in New York, with articles by Mel Gordon and Deirdre Hurst du Prey, among others, and texts by Michael Chekhov, published for the first time.

Collection of texts by directors, teachers and collaborators of MICHA - the Michael Chekhov Association, about various aspects of this work, their thoughts and experiences working with the technique.

An excercise book aimed mainly at teachers and directors, to help deepen their understanding as they work with exercises and the teachings of Michael Chekhov and his followers.

Portuguese edition of the MICHA Workbook.

Spanish edition of the MICHA Workbook.

Notebook with the transcription of a conversation between Michael Chekhov, Dorothy Elmhurst and George Shdanoff, in August 1939.

Memoirs, reflections and other texts and photos collected by Georgette Boner, a great friend of Michael Chekhov and his collaborator between 1931 and 1935.

Book about Michael Chekhov, his biography, writings about the technique, Chekhov as director, as well as practical exercises.

Book about Michael Chekhov exploring his biography and his acting system. A very well-researched text, using his books, library material and interviews with Deirdre Hurst du Prey, Beatrice Straight, Mala Powers, among others.

Practical manual covering all the fundamental aspects of the Michael Chekhov technique, written by Lenard Petit, Vice President of MICHA and director of the Michael Chekhov Acting Studio, in New York.

A broad-ranging collection of articles and texts about Michael Chekhov, his technique and influences, covering all the stages on his long journey from Russia to the USA, via Germany, France, Poland, Latvia and England.

Special edition devoted to Michael Chekhov, with essays and articles by Joanna Merlin, David Zinder, Phelim McDermott, among others; an interview with Sarah Kane and Graham Dixon; and the long-awaited translation of transcriptions of rehearsals of the legendary MAT2 production of Hamlet, in 1924.

Joanna Merlin studied with Michael Chekhov during the last five years of his life. Today, she is President of MICHA, a wonderful teacher and great inspiration, an actor with a long career in theatre, television and film, and an experienced casting director - and it is in her capacity as the latter that she wrote this practical guide to the auditioning process.

The account of a two-week visit to the Michael Chekhov School during the second semester of 2015, with impressions and experiences from inside and outside the classroom.

Compilation of articles about a variety of topics, activities and techniques relating to the actor's movement, among them Alexander, Meyerhold, Viewpoints, Laban, Rasaboxes and, of course, Michael Chekhov.

Rehearsal technique for actors using recordings of the text to help conquor the challenge of staying "in the body" while we create (and resisting the temptation to allow the intellect to take over).

There are three existing copies of an extensive archive made up of transcriptions which Deirdre Hurst du Prey made of Michael Chekhov's classes, between 1936 and 1942. One copy is at the Devon Records Office in England, one at the University of Windsor, Canada, and the third in New York (the source of our digital collection). The full archive comprises of 3 boxes divided into numerous folders, and Michael Chekhov Brasil currently holds in its digital archives the following sections:
- Box 1: Folders #2, #3, #4, #5 and #6
- Box 2: 10 folders (complete)
- Box 3: Folders #1, #2, #3, #7, #8, #9, #10, #12, #13 and #14

Workshop with David Zinder, MICHA faculty member based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Producer: MICHA, 2008
Language: English
Media: DVD
The story of an old inhabitant of Brooklyn, starring Joanna Merlin (president of MICHA and former pupil of Michael Chekhov).

Session notes taken during the event.

Transcriptions of classes given during the event, edited by MICHA.

Transcriptions of classes given during the event, edited by MICHA..

Collection of MICHA's annual newsletters with workshop reports and various articles, including contributions by Michael Chekhov Brasil's Hugo Moss in the 2010 and 2013 editions.
(all newsletters available for download at the MICHA website)