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Plays: New Translation

Newly Translated and Annotated: The Cherry Orchard, Three Sisters, The Seagull and Uncle Vanya
By Anton Chekhov
Series: Evergreens
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Anton Chekhov's Plays: New Translation presents four of his most celebrated works: The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard. These plays explore themes of unfulfilled love, failed ambition, and existential ennui amidst social and economic upheaval. Chekhov's innovative use of dialogue and atmosphere reveals tensions beneath the surface, marking a profound influence on both Russian literature and world theatre.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Ideal for readers and theatre enthusiasts interested in classic drama, Russian literature, and those who appreciate subtle emotional depth and social commentary in plays.

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The most widely staged dramatist after Shakespeare, Chekhov left a deep mark both on the development of Russian literature and world theatre, with plays that were remarkable not just for their dialogue but their atmosphere and the tensions expressed between the lines. This title collects four of Chekhov's most celebrated plays.

Four of Chekhov's most celebrated plays - The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard - are collected together in this beautiful edition.

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The most widely staged dramatist after Shakespeare, Chekhov left a deep mark both on the development of Russian literature and world theatre, with plays that were remarkable not just for their dialogue but their atmosphere and the tensions expressed between the lines.

Collected in this volume are Chekhov’s four most celebrated plays – The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard – in a brand-new translation by Hugh Aplin. In these personal stories of unfulfilled love, failed ambition, and existential ennui, set against a background of unsettling social and economic change, the reader can appreciate the groundbreaking qualities of Chekhov’s theatrical genius.

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Praised by Tennessee Williams, who cited Chekhov as a major influence in drama and storytelling, this collection is celebrated for capturing the essence of Chekhov's theatrical genius through a fresh translation by Hugh Aplin.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781847496683

Publisher: Alma Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 October 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Alma Classics

Contributors:

  • Translated by Hugh Aplin

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 116.0mm

Height: 186.0mm

Weight: 286g

Pages: 320

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Anton Chekhov Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Series: Evergreens

About the Author

Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) is one of the giants of modern literature, exerting a strong influence on many present-day novelists and dramatists. As a playwright, he ranks in popularity second only to Shakespeare in the English-speaking world. As a prose writer, he was one of the first to use the stream-of- consciousness technique, and his anti-heroic realism, full of ambiguity and allusion, provides no easy moral conclusions and results in a new kind of narrative approaching real life in a way no writer had achieved before him.

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