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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... Variants The Bear Variants The Proposal Variants Ivanov, Final Version Variants Tatyana Repina An Involuntary Tragedian (From the Life of Vacationers) Variant The Wedding Variants The Wood Goblin Variants The Celebration Variants The Eve ...
... Variants The Bear Variants The Proposal Variants Ivanov, Final Version Variants Tatyana Repina An Involuntary Tragedian (From the Life of Vacationers) Variant The Wedding Variants The Wood Goblin Variants The Celebration Variants The Eve ...
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Anton Chekhov. The Wood Goblin Variants The Celebration Variants The Eve of the Trial Variants The Seagull Variants Uncle Vanya Variant Three Sisters Variants The Evils of Tobacco, Final Version The Cherry Orchard Variants APPENDIX: Lost ...
Anton Chekhov. The Wood Goblin Variants The Celebration Variants The Eve of the Trial Variants The Seagull Variants Uncle Vanya Variant Three Sisters Variants The Evils of Tobacco, Final Version The Cherry Orchard Variants APPENDIX: Lost ...
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... . Here the variants may coincide more exactly with Chekhov's ideas than the final versions do. The fewest variants appear in Uncle Vanya, since it was a thoroughgoing revision of a pre-existing play, The Wood Goblin. I have.
... . Here the variants may coincide more exactly with Chekhov's ideas than the final versions do. The fewest variants appear in Uncle Vanya, since it was a thoroughgoing revision of a pre-existing play, The Wood Goblin. I have.
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Anton Chekhov. revision of a pre-existing play, The Wood Goblin. I have seen no reason to include variant inversions of words or minor changes that do not involve the sense and would be of interest chiefly to Slavic specialists who have ...
Anton Chekhov. revision of a pre-existing play, The Wood Goblin. I have seen no reason to include variant inversions of words or minor changes that do not involve the sense and would be of interest chiefly to Slavic specialists who have ...
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... Wood Goblin (1889). It was promptly turned down by the state-subsidized theaters of Petersburg and Moscow, which regarded it as more a dramatized story than an actable play. They recommended that Chekhov give up writing for the stage. A ...
... Wood Goblin (1889). It was promptly turned down by the state-subsidized theaters of Petersburg and Moscow, which regarded it as more a dramatized story than an actable play. They recommended that Chekhov give up writing for the stage. A ...
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