Chekhov Plays: The Seagull; Uncle Vanya; Three Sisters; The Cherry Orchard

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Bloomsbury Academic, 1988 - Drama - 377 pages

This volume includes The Seagull, a about the battle for power between a mother and her son which ends in tragedy; Uncle Vanya tells of two obsessive love affairs that lead nowhere, and a flirtation that brings disaster; Three Sisters in which three siblings wrestle with their futures and The Cherry Orchard where the old must inevitably give way to the new. Haunting and elusive, these four great late masterpieces have found in Michael Frayn a translator who perfectly captures their delicate balance of the tragic and the absurd. The volume also contains four of Chekhov's early short 'vaudevilles' as well as a substantial introduction by Michael Frayn."The critical clamour for a Complete Chekhov in Michael Frayn's translation has borne fruit" (Sunday Times)

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Contents

A Chronology page
vii
A Note on the Translation
351
The Pronunciation of the Names
372
Copyright

Common terms and phrases

ANDREY ANFISA ANYA ARKADINA ASTROV better CALIFORNIA/SANTA CRUZ CHARLOTTA CHEBUTYKIN Chekhov Cherry Orchard CHUBUKOV comes dear doctor door DORN drink DUNYASHA Enter everything Exit eyes father FEDOTIK feel FERAPONT FIRS forgive GAYEV girl give goes gone Goodbye hand happiness heart IRINA Kisses KONSTANTIN KULYGIN Laughs listen live LOMOV look LOPAKHIN LUKA Mama MARINA married MASHA MEDVEDENKO Michael Frayn Moscow NATALYA NATASHA never night NIKITA Nikitushka NINA OLGA Olga Knipper Pause peasants Petrushka Petya PISHCHIK play POLINA POPOVA quietly RANYEVSKAYA remember round rubles Russian Seagull SEREBRYAKOV SHAMRAYEV sleep SMIRNOV SOLYONY someone SONYA SORIN St Petersburg Suvorin SVETLOVIDOV Ta-ra-ra boom-de-ay talk TELEGIN tell theatre There's thing thought tomorrow TRIGORIN TROFIMOV TUSENBACH Uncle Vanya understand VARYA vaudevilles verge of tears VERSHININ Weeps What's wife woman write YASHA YELENA YEPIKHODOV

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About the author (1988)

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian physician, dramatist and author, is considered to be one of the greatest writers of short stories and modern drama. Born in Taganrog, a port town near the Black Sea, he attended medical school at Moscow University. He began writing to supplement his income, writing short humorous sketches of contemporary Russian life. A successful literary careered followed, before his premature death of TB at the age of 44. He is best-remembered for his four dramatic masterpieces: The Seagull (1896), Uncle Vanya (1899), Three Sisters (1901) and The Cherry Orchard (1904). Michael Frayn was born in London in 1933 and began his career as a journalist on the Guardian and the Observer. He has written seventeen plays, including Noises Off, Copenhagen, and Democracy, translated Chekhov's last four plays, and adapted his first as Wild Honey. His screenplays include Clockwise, starring John Cleese, and among his eleven novels are The Tin Men, Towards the End of the Morning, Headlong, Spies, and Skios. Collections of articles include Collected Columns, Stage Directions, and Travels with a Typewriter. He has also published two philosophical works, Constructions and The Human Touch, and a memoir, My Father's Fortune. His most recent publications are three collections of short entertainments, Matchbox Theatre, Pocket Playhouse, and Magic Mobile. He is married to the writer Claire Tomalin.

Bibliographic information

TitleChekhov Plays: The Seagull; Uncle Vanya; Three Sisters; The Cherry Orchard
Methuen drama
Methuen paperback
Methuen world classics
Methuen's world dramatists
World Classics
World dramatists
AuthorAnton Chekhov
Translated byMichael Frayn
ContributorMichael Frayn
Editionreprint, reissue, revised
PublisherBloomsbury Academic, 1988
Original fromthe University of California
DigitizedMar 10, 2008
ISBN041318160X, 9780413181602
Length377 pages
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