Carol Rocamora
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Diana Tyler
“Dr. Carol Rocamora is a New York-based author and educator with a rich and extensive background in the theatre. She is a respected translator, playwright, biographer, and critic.
Based on the correspondence between Anton Chekhov and Olga Knipper, Carol’s play I take your hand in mine… premiered in 2001 at London’s Almeida Theatre with Paul Scofield and Irene Worth in the original cast, directed by Jonathan Kent. The play was next seen in Paris in 2003 at the Theatre des Bouffes du Nord, directed by Peter Brook, and it toured for two years before appearing in London’s Barbican Centre in 2005. It has been translated and shown in cities around the world, from Mexico City to Shanghai.
Carol has written two biographies: Anton Chekhov: A Life in Four Acts and Acts of Courage: Václav Havel’s Life in the Theatre. She has taught dramatic literature in the Department of Dramatic Writing at the New York University’s Tisch School of Arts since 1993 and also serves on the faculty of the Juilliard School. She has taught theatre history at Columbia University, and has also lectured on Chekhov at The Yale School of Drama and Oxford University. Carol has written about theatre for The Nation, The New York Times, The Guardian, and American Theatre magazine. She is also the translator of the complete dramatic works of Anton Chekhov, published in several volumes: Chekhov: Four Plays, Chekhov: The Early Plays, and Chekhov: The Vaudevilles. In addition, Carol has adapted twenty Chekhov short stories for the stage, published in two volumes called Rubles. Before arriving in New York, Carol was founder and artistic director of the Philadelphia Festival Theatre for New Plays at the Annenberg Center.”
Publications by Carol Rocamora
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