Chekhov - The Major Plays
(Applause Books). Despite the abundant variety of Chekhov translations available in bookstores and libraries, American directors and actors have sought out these versions by Jean-Claude van Itallie to make them the most often performed renditions on the American stage today. This edition includes...
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(Applause Books). Despite the abundant variety of Chekhov translations available in bookstores and libraries, American directors and actors have sought out these versions by Jean-Claude van Itallie to make them the most often performed renditions on the American stage today. This edition includes "The Seagull," "Uncle Vanya," "Three Sisters," and "The Cherry Orchard."
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781557831620 (1557831629)
Publish date: April 1st 2000
Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Book Publishers
Pages no: 204
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Literature,
Cultural,
20th Century,
Anthologies,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
19th Century,
Russia,
Russian Literature
This collection of Chekhov's major and most well-known plays has to be one of my most valued possessions. Each story is unique, each plot has its own theme, the characters could undoubtedly have existed and not just been imagined. Chekhov's plays seem to have a strong effect on me, I could see mysel...
IntroductionFurther ReadingChronologyTranslator's NoteGlossary--Ivanov--The Seagull--Uncle Vanya--Three Sisters--The Cherry OrchardNotes
Reading, as opposed to seeing Chekhov is quite a strange experience because of his impressionistic technique - nothing is explained, everything is surface, the opposite of the great classic novels of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky which are all psychology. There are motifs, as in poetry, which emerge or sin...
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