"The most complete collection of the Russian playwright's repertoire."—Vogue
Anton Chekhov revolutionized Russian theater through his inimitable portrayals of characters faced with complex moral dilemmas.
A tale of obsessive love that leads nowhere and a flirtation that brings disaster.
Luxuriating in her fading moneyed world and regardless of the increasingly hostile forces outside, she and her brother snub the lucrative scheme of Lopakhin, a peasant turned entrepreneur, to save the family estate.
Tells the tale of a boy's journey to a new school in Kiev, travelling through majestic landscapes towards an unknown destiny. 'Gusev' depicts an ocean voyage, where the sea takes on a terrifying, primeval power.
Conor McPherson's stunning adaptation of the Anton Chekhov masterpiece, a portrayal of life at the turn of the twentieth century, full of tumultuous frustration, dark humour and hidden passions.
A unique collection of Chekhov's shorter fiction, translated by Constance Garnett and selected by New Yorker writer Janet Malcolm
Offers translations of Chekhov's major plays and one-acts along with an introduction focused on the plays' power to elicit the widely divergent of responses, the life of the... Læs mere
First published in her Chekhov: Four Plays and Three Jokes, Sharon Marie Carnicke's eye-openingtranslation of Three Sisters appears in this edition with a new Introduction that expands... Læs mere
Cordelia Lynn's version of Chekhov's play, about three sisters trapped in a provincial town, waiting for their lives to begin.