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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... Damn last winter, it dragged on forever! Look, there's my armchair! You recognize it, Sasha? Six months ago I was ensconced in it day and night, threshing out the eternal verities with the general's lady and gambling away your shiny ten ...
... Damn last winter, it dragged on forever! Look, there's my armchair! You recognize it, Sasha? Six months ago I was ensconced in it day and night, threshing out the eternal verities with the general's lady and gambling away your shiny ten ...
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... damn it! (Slaps himself on the forehead.) What a memory! Why didn't you say something before? Sergey Pavlovich! VOINITSEV. What? PLATONOV. And he didn't say a word either! Got married and didn't say a word! (Gets up.) I forgot, and they ...
... damn it! (Slaps himself on the forehead.) What a memory! Why didn't you say something before? Sergey Pavlovich! VOINITSEV. What? PLATONOV. And he didn't say a word either! Got married and didn't say a word! (Gets up.) I forgot, and they ...
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... damn well bulked up! An ox, an honest-to-God ox! SASHA. Faugh, what a stench of cologne! Are you well? TRILETSKY. Fit as a fiddle. Nice of you to show up. (Sits down.) How's business, Michel? PLATONOV. What business? TRILETSKY. Yours ...
... damn well bulked up! An ox, an honest-to-God ox! SASHA. Faugh, what a stench of cologne! Are you well? TRILETSKY. Fit as a fiddle. Nice of you to show up. (Sits down.) How's business, Michel? PLATONOV. What business? TRILETSKY. Yours ...
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... damn all... PLATONOV. I'm not talking about old men in general; I'm talking about my father's friends. GLAGOLYEV SR. I was also a friend of your father, Mikhail Vasilich! PLATONOV. He had no end of friends . . . Once upon a time, the ...
... damn all... PLATONOV. I'm not talking about old men in general; I'm talking about my father's friends. GLAGOLYEV SR. I was also a friend of your father, Mikhail Vasilich! PLATONOV. He had no end of friends . . . Once upon a time, the ...
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... damn you! What was the bright idea, wiseguy, in coming here? OSIP. I was chasing that fool, that Vasily, and wound up in here by accident. PLATONOV. A clever man chases a fool, and not the other way round! I am honored, gentlemen, to ...
... damn you! What was the bright idea, wiseguy, in coming here? OSIP. I was chasing that fool, that Vasily, and wound up in here by accident. PLATONOV. A clever man chases a fool, and not the other way round! I am honored, gentlemen, to ...
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