Question by Cihangir: Is Chekhov considered to be a contemporary writer for an MFA acting audition?
I want to apply for MFA acting. But I am pretty confused of choosing monologues and/or scenes. Does anybody know what is the border between classics and contemporary?
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Answer by classmate
Chekhov died in 1904, more than a century ago. And he wrote in Russian, so you’d be doing the monologue in translation. They’d probably rather hear you do a speech written in English by a more recent playwright.
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Dan says
Chekhov is Modern (an era that has been over for quite some time now), not contemporary. 1950 would be the oldest I'd call contemporary, and probably even that's too old.
Emms says
This is tough, cause different schools see this different ways. Chekhov certainly isn't "contemporary," I don't think, but he is "modern." I've heard so many different views on this–that contemporary starts in the 1850s, the 1920s, or the 1950s. You should find out about the schools specifically.