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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... Who's Lost His Patients, Man without a Spleen, and My Brother's Brother. 1881. Chekhov writes play later known as Platonov (not published until 1923). Tsar Alexander II is assassinated; his son, Alexander III, initiates a reign of ...
... Who's Lost His Patients, Man without a Spleen, and My Brother's Brother. 1881. Chekhov writes play later known as Platonov (not published until 1923). Tsar Alexander II is assassinated; his son, Alexander III, initiates a reign of ...
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... Who's cheating? ANNA PETROVNA. And who put that pawn here? TRILETSKY. Why, you put it there yourself! ANNA PETROVNA. Oh, right... Pardon ... TRILETSKY. You're darn right pardon. GLAGOLYEV SR. We had friends as well . . . In our day ...
... Who's cheating? ANNA PETROVNA. And who put that pawn here? TRILETSKY. Why, you put it there yourself! ANNA PETROVNA. Oh, right... Pardon ... TRILETSKY. You're darn right pardon. GLAGOLYEV SR. We had friends as well . . . In our day ...
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... who didn't know you, and who actually believed you knew what you were talking about? You'd end up convincing him ... who's asking you to talk? You're only in the way! (To Anna Petrovna.) Please sit back down and carry on, otherwise I ...
... who didn't know you, and who actually believed you knew what you were talking about? You'd end up convincing him ... who's asking you to talk? You're only in the way! (To Anna Petrovna.) Please sit back down and carry on, otherwise I ...
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... Who's Sophie? VOINITSEV. My wife, Sofya Yegorovna!10 VENGEROVICH SR. I'll just go and ... (Exits into the garden.) SCENE V ANNA PETROVNA, GLAGOLYEVSR., VOINITSEV, BUGROV, PLATONOV, and SASHA (in Russian folk costume).11 PLATONOV (in the ...
... Who's Sophie? VOINITSEV. My wife, Sofya Yegorovna!10 VENGEROVICH SR. I'll just go and ... (Exits into the garden.) SCENE V ANNA PETROVNA, GLAGOLYEVSR., VOINITSEV, BUGROV, PLATONOV, and SASHA (in Russian folk costume).11 PLATONOV (in the ...
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... who it was about?! So that's who V is! Well then, who is B? BUGROV (laughs). That's me, sir. (Mops his forehead.) Let's forget about it! VENGEROVICH SR. So what! It's most commendable. If I knew how to write, I would definitely write ...
... who it was about?! So that's who V is! Well then, who is B? BUGROV (laughs). That's me, sir. (Mops his forehead.) Let's forget about it! VENGEROVICH SR. So what! It's most commendable. If I knew how to write, I would definitely write ...
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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