Plays

The Cherry Orchard, Three Sisters, The Seagull and Uncle Vanya

Anton Chekhov author Hugh Aplin translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Alma Books Ltd

Published:26th Oct '17

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Plays cover

Four of Chekhov's most celebrated plays - The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard - are collected together in this beautiful edition.

The most widely staged dramatist after Shakespeare, Chekhov left a deep mark both on the development of Russian literature and world theatre, with plays that were remarkable not just for their dialogue but their atmosphere and the tensions expressed between the lines. This title collects four of Chekhov's most celebrated plays.The most widely staged dramatist after Shakespeare, Chekhov left a deep mark both on the development of Russian literature and world theatre, with plays that were remarkable not just for their dialogue but their atmosphere and the tensions expressed between the lines. Collected in this volume are Chekhov's four most celebrated plays - The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard - in a brand-new translation by Hugh Aplin. In these personal stories of unfulfilled love, failed ambition and existential ennui, set against a background of unsettling social and economical change, the reader can appreciate the groundbreaking qualities of Chekhov's theatrical genius.

What writers influenced me as a young man? Chekhov! As a dramatist? Chekhov! As a story writer? Chekhov! -- Tennessee Williams

ISBN: 9781847496683

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320 pages