Complete Plays

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W. W. Norton & Company, Nov 27, 2007 - Drama - 1060 pages
"The most complete collection of the Russian playwright's repertoire."—Vogue

This stunning new translation presents the only truly complete edition of the plays of one of the greatest dramatists in history. Anton Chekhov is a unique force in modern drama, his works interpreted and adapted internationally and beloved for their brilliant wit and understanding of the human condition.This volume contains work never previously translated, including the newly discovered farce The Power of Hypnotism, the first version of Ivanov, Chekhov's early humorous dialogues, and a description of lost plays and those Chekhov intended to write but never did.

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Contents

Preface
xiii
Chronology of Chekhovs Life
xxvii
A Note on the Translation
xxxv
Guide to Transliteration and Pronunciation
xli
Introduction
xlvii
Untitled Play Without Patrimony Disinherited or Platonov
3
Variants
195
Along the Highway
222
HUMOROUS DIALOGUES AND PARODIES
263
PLAYS
302
Ivanov Final Version
453
The Wood Goblin
584
The Eve of the Trial
725
Uncle Vanya
811
Lost and Unwritten Plays
1049
Copyright

The Power of Hypnotism by Anton Chekhov and Ivan Shcheglov
251

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About the author (2007)

Anton Chekhov was born on January 29, 1860 in Taganrog, Russia. He graduated from the University of Moscow in 1884. Chekhov died of tuberculosis in Germany on July 14, 1904, shortly after his marriage to actress Olga Knipper, and was buried in Moscow.

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