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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... pause. Often what is left unsaid—the awkward gaps in conversation, the sentences that trail off in the air, the interstices of pauses—matters most in Chekhov's plays. Of course, Stanislavsky, who distrusted understatement, amplified and ...
... pause. Often what is left unsaid—the awkward gaps in conversation, the sentences that trail off in the air, the interstices of pauses—matters most in Chekhov's plays. Of course, Stanislavsky, who distrusted understatement, amplified and ...
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... pauses “were held precisely by the numbers and the actors were recommended to count the seconds mentally during the duration of the pauses.”15 This mechanical rendition loses touch with the essence of the Chekhovian pause, itself a ...
... pauses “were held precisely by the numbers and the actors were recommended to count the seconds mentally during the duration of the pauses.”15 This mechanical rendition loses touch with the essence of the Chekhovian pause, itself a ...
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... Pause. I suppose it does seem a bit odd . . . SOFYA YEGOROVNA. Incredible! Why ... Why not something more? PLATONOV. One sentence wouldn't be enough, Sofya Yegorovna, to answer your question ... Pause. SOFYA YEGOROVNA. You didn't even ...
... Pause. I suppose it does seem a bit odd . . . SOFYA YEGOROVNA. Incredible! Why ... Why not something more? PLATONOV. One sentence wouldn't be enough, Sofya Yegorovna, to answer your question ... Pause. SOFYA YEGOROVNA. You didn't even ...
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... Pause. PLATONOV. When you take a hard look and give it serious thought, you could faint! ... And what's worst of all is that anyone who is the least bit honest, sensible, keeps his mouth shut, silent as the tomb, and only stares ...
... Pause. PLATONOV. When you take a hard look and give it serious thought, you could faint! ... And what's worst of all is that anyone who is the least bit honest, sensible, keeps his mouth shut, silent as the tomb, and only stares ...
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... Pause. Has the time come when I have to settle for memories? Pause. Memory is a very good thing, but . . . can it be that for me. .. the end has come? Ugh, God forbid, God forbid! Death is preferable ... I have to live . . . Keep on ...
... Pause. Has the time come when I have to settle for memories? Pause. Memory is a very good thing, but . . . can it be that for me. .. the end has come? Ugh, God forbid, God forbid! Death is preferable ... I have to live . . . Keep on ...
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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