Five PlaysChekhov'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 |
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Five Plays: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry ... Anton Chekhov No preview available - 2008 |
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ANDREW ANFISA ANNA ANTON CHEKHOV ANYA anyway ASTROV AVDOTYA BABAKIN ballroom bored BORKIN CHARLOTTE CHEBUTYKIN Chekhov Cherry Orchard comes crying darling dear doctor door DORN drawing-room drink DUNYASHA father FEDOTIK feel FERAPONT FIRS friends funny garden GAYEV girl give Goes gone Good-bye hands happy heard HELEN IRINA IVANOV Kisses KOSYKH KULYGIN Laughs leave LEBEDEV listen live look LOPAKHIN LVOV MARINA married MASHA MEDVEDENKO mind Moscow Mother Nanny NATASHA never nice Nicholas night NINA OLGA Olga Knipper Pause PISHCHIK play POLINA RANEVSKY remember roubles round SASHA Seagull SEREBRYAKOV SHABELSKY SHAMRAYEV silly sister SOLYONY SONYA SORIN sorry stage stand stop talk tears TELEGIN tell theatre there's thing tired tomorrow TREPLEV TRIGORIN TROFIMOV TUZENBAKH Uncle Vanya VARYA VERSHININ vodka voice VOYNITSKY What's wife woman wonderful YASHA YEPIKHODOV young ZINAIDA