Description: Plays, Paperback by Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich; Carson, Peter (TRN); Gilman, Richard (INT), ISBN 0140447334, ISBN-13 9780140447330, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Five masterful dramatic works from one of the worlds best-loved playwrights, including The Seagull—now a major motion picture starring Saoirse Ronan, Elizabeth Moss, and Annette Bening
At a time when the Russian theatre was dominated by formulaic melodramas and farces, Chekhov created a new sort of drama that laid bare the everyday lives, loves and yearnings of ordinary people. Ivanov depicts a man stifled by inactivity and lost idealism, and The Seagull contrasts a young mans selfish romanticism with the stoicism of a woman cruelly abandoned by her lover. With the scenes from country life of Uncle Vanya, his first fully mature play, Chekhov developed his own unique dramatic world, neither tragedy nor comedy. In Three Sisters the Prozorov sisters endlessly dream of going to Moscow to escape the monotony of provincial life, while his comedy The Cherry Orchard portrays characters futilely clinging to the past as their land is sold from underneath them.
In this edition Peter Carsons moving translations convey Chekhovs subtle blend of comedy, tragedy and psychological insight, while Richard Gilmans introduction examines how Chekhov broke with theatrical conventions and discusses each play in detail.
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Book Title: Plays : Ivanov; the Seagull; Uncle Vanya; Three Sisters; the Cherryorchard
Number of Pages: 416 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2002
Item Height: 0.7 in
Topic: European / General, Theater / Playwriting, Russian & Former Soviet Union
Features: Revised
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Drama, Performing Arts, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 10.2 Oz
Item Length: 7.8 in
Author: Anton Chekhov
Item Width: 5.2 in
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
