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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... eyes! To see you, Anna Petrovna, after a long, extratedious period of decentpeoplelessness and rottenpeopleitude, this is really an unpardonable luxury! ANNA PETROVNA. Have a cigarette for that! (Gives him a cigarette.) PLATONOV. Merci ...
... eyes! To see you, Anna Petrovna, after a long, extratedious period of decentpeoplelessness and rottenpeopleitude, this is really an unpardonable luxury! ANNA PETROVNA. Have a cigarette for that! (Gives him a cigarette.) PLATONOV. Merci ...
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... eyes and weeps.) ANNA PETROVNA. What's wrong, Mariya Yefimovna? Pause. GREKOVA. No . . . TRILETSKY paces up and down the stage. GLAGOLYEV SR. (to Platonov). You have to apologize, Mikhail Vasilich! PLATONOV. For what? GLAGOLYEVSR. You ...
... eyes and weeps.) ANNA PETROVNA. What's wrong, Mariya Yefimovna? Pause. GREKOVA. No . . . TRILETSKY paces up and down the stage. GLAGOLYEV SR. (to Platonov). You have to apologize, Mikhail Vasilich! PLATONOV. For what? GLAGOLYEVSR. You ...
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... eyes! Did you steal a lot of our wood last winter? OSIP (laughs). Three or four little trees... Laughter. ANNA PETROVNA (laughs). You're lying, it's a lot more! And he's even got a watch-chain! Tell me! Is it a gold watchchain? Would ...
... eyes! Did you steal a lot of our wood last winter? OSIP (laughs). Three or four little trees... Laughter. ANNA PETROVNA (laughs). You're lying, it's a lot more! And he's even got a watch-chain! Tell me! Is it a gold watchchain? Would ...
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... Lord! The end, I think, has come! An earthquake, warring elements, a flood, a rain of fire ... I open my eyes, and there stands Rusty . . . Rusty attacks me by my flank, and wallops that contingent with all his might, and then.
... Lord! The end, I think, has come! An earthquake, warring elements, a flood, a rain of fire ... I open my eyes, and there stands Rusty . . . Rusty attacks me by my flank, and wallops that contingent with all his might, and then.
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... show up around here, you can't stop drooling. (Exits.) PLATONOV (gives Sofya Yegorovna his hand). May I? What a look of wonder in your eyes! For you this world is undiscovered territory! This world (in an undertone) of fools, Sofya.
... show up around here, you can't stop drooling. (Exits.) PLATONOV (gives Sofya Yegorovna his hand). May I? What a look of wonder in your eyes! For you this world is undiscovered territory! This world (in an undertone) of fools, Sofya.
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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