Plays / Anton Chekhov ; translated with notes by Peter Carson ; with an introduction by Richard Gilman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.

Contributor:

Carson, Peter.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Penguin classics

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:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xliii, 358 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Penguin, 2002.

Language Note:

Translated from the Russian.

Summary:

Anton Chekhov wrote that "narrative is my legal wife and drama a flamboyant, rowdy, impudent, exhausting mistress." At a time when the Russian stage was dominated by farces, formulaic melodramas, and vaudevilles, Chekhov created plays that focused on characters grappling with moral questions. His works baffled his audiences, but his sensitive explorations of love, loss, and time as well as his portrayal of complex characters and ambiguities, revolutionized the theater with an exhilarating new form of drama. This volume includes new translations, full explanatory notes, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, and a glossary, as well as an introduction by eminent Chekhov scholar Richard Gilman.

Contents:

Ivanov - The seagull - Uncle Vanya - Three sisters - The cherry orchard.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxiii-xl).

ISBN:

0140447334

OCLC:

48754431