The Complete Plays"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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... SEMYONOVICH GLAGOLYEV SR. KIRILL PORFIRYEVICH GLAGOLYEV JR. GERASIM KUZMICH PETRIN PAVEL PETROVICH SHCHERBUK MARIYA YEFIMOVNA GREKOVA, a landowners, neighbors of the girl of 20 Voinitsevs IVAN IVANOVICH TRILETSKY, a retired.
... SEMYONOVICH GLAGOLYEV SR. KIRILL PORFIRYEVICH GLAGOLYEV JR. GERASIM KUZMICH PETRIN PAVEL PETROVICH SHCHERBUK MARIYA YEFIMOVNA GREKOVA, a landowners, neighbors of the girl of 20 Voinitsevs IVAN IVANOVICH TRILETSKY, a retired.
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Anton Chekhov. the girl of 20 Voinitsevs IVAN IVANOVICH TRILETSKY, a retired colonel NIKOLAYIVANOVICH, his son, a young physician ABRAM ABRAMOVICH VENGEROVICH SR, a rich Jew ISAK ABRAMOVICH, his son, a university student TIMOFEY ...
Anton Chekhov. the girl of 20 Voinitsevs IVAN IVANOVICH TRILETSKY, a retired colonel NIKOLAYIVANOVICH, his son, a young physician ABRAM ABRAMOVICH VENGEROVICH SR, a rich Jew ISAK ABRAMOVICH, his son, a university student TIMOFEY ...
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Anton Chekhov. have to make excuses for the dead ... Enter IVAN IVANOVICH. SCENE VI The same and IVANIVANOVICH. IVAN IVANOVICH (enters). Ta-ran-ta-ra . . . My son-in-law and my daughter! Luminaries from the constellation of Colonel ...
Anton Chekhov. have to make excuses for the dead ... Enter IVAN IVANOVICH. SCENE VI The same and IVANIVANOVICH. IVAN IVANOVICH (enters). Ta-ran-ta-ra . . . My son-in-law and my daughter! Luminaries from the constellation of Colonel ...
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... IVAN IVANOVICH. All right, all right ... Figuratively . . . Tell him, Sashurka, to grow up fast. I'll take him ... Ivan Ivanych is a sweetheart! He and I shall go shooting quail on St. Peter's day.17 IVAN IVANOVICH. Ho-ho! Anna Petrovna ...
... IVAN IVANOVICH. All right, all right ... Figuratively . . . Tell him, Sashurka, to grow up fast. I'll take him ... Ivan Ivanych is a sweetheart! He and I shall go shooting quail on St. Peter's day.17 IVAN IVANOVICH. Ho-ho! Anna Petrovna ...
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Anton Chekhov. PLATONOV. So that accounts for all the blather . . . IVAN IVANOVICH. I got here, my dear chum, around eight o'clock . . . You were all still asleep . . . I got here, and cooled my heels ... I look, she comes out ...
Anton Chekhov. PLATONOV. So that accounts for all the blather . . . IVAN IVANOVICH. I got here, my dear chum, around eight o'clock . . . You were all still asleep . . . I got here, and cooled my heels ... I look, she comes out ...
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ain’t Aleksandr ANNA PETROVNA AVDOTYA NAZAROVNA BABAKINA BORKIN BORTSOV BUGROV can’t Chekhov Cherry Orchard CHUBUKOV damn dear didn’t door drink DUDKIN DYADIN Exits eyes father FEDYA forgive FYODOR IVANOVICH General’s lady GLAGOLYEV JR goes GREKOVA GUEST hand happy he’s heaven’s sake hell honor I’ve IVAN IVANOVICH IVANOV Ivanych KHRUSHCHOV Kisses KOSYKH KRASNUSHKINA Laughs LEBEDEV LEDENTSOV listen LOMOV look Lord LVOV ma’am Mariya married MERIK Mikhail Vasilich Moscow Moscow Art Theatre NATALIYA STEPANOVNA never Nikolay Alekseevich ORLOVSKY OSIP Pause PETRIN PLATONOV play POPOVA Roars with laughter rubles Russian SASHA SCENE SEREBRYAKOV Sergey SHABELSKY SHCHERBUK SHIPUNOV Shouts Shurochka SMIRNOV SOFYA YEGOROVNA SONYA talk tell Theatre there’s thing TIKHON TRILETSKY Uncle Vanya understand VENGEROVICH JR VOINITSEV VOINITSKY walks What’s Who’s wife wife’s woman won’t Wood Goblin YELENA ANDREEVNA you’re you’ve young YULYA ZHELTUKHIN ZINAIDA SAVISHNA