1 option
Five plays / Anton Chekhov ; translated and with an introdroduction by Ronald Hingley.
LIBRA - Rare PG3456.A19 H5 1980 Potok copy
Available in person
Request an item
Access options
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.
- Series:
- World's classics
- The World's classics
- Standardized Title:
- Plays. Selections. English
- Language:
- English
- Russian
- Subjects (All):
- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904--Translations into English.
- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich.
- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Penn Provenance:
- Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxxi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 294 pages ; 19 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [1980]
- Summary:
- Chekhov's worldwide reputation as a dramatist rests on five great plays: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard. All are presented in this collection, taken from the authoritative Oxford Chekhov, in Ronald Hingley's acclaimed translation. Hingley has also written an introduction specifically for this volume in which he provides a detailed history of Chekhov's involvement in the theater and an assessment of his accomplishment as a dramatist.
- Contents:
- Ivanov.
- The seagull.
- Uncle Vanya.
- Three sisters.
- The cherry orchard.
- Notes:
- "This collection first issued as a World's Classics paperback 1980. Reprinted 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988 (twice), 1989, 1991 (twice)."
- Local Notes:
- Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.
- Potok Collection copy is "1991 (twice) reprint.
- Potok Collection copy has [10] pages of publisher's advertisements at end.
- ISBN:
- 0192815482
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.