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The complete plays / Anton Chekhov ; translated, edited, and annotated by Laurence Senelick.
"This new translation presents the only truly complete edition of the plays of one of the greatest dramatists in history. This volume contains works that have never previously been translated, including the newly discovered farce The Power of Hypnotism and the first version of Ivanov, as well as Chekhov's early humorous dialogues. It also contains a description of lost plays and those Chekhov intended to write but never did."--Jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 0393048853
- ISBN: 9780393048858
- ISBN: 9780393330694
- ISBN: 0393330699
- Physical Description: lx, 1060 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Norton, ©2006.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Early experiments -- Untitled play (without patrimony [disinherited] or Platonov) -- Variants -- Along the highway -- Collaboration -- The power of hypnotism by Anton Chekhov and Ivan Shcheglov -- Humorous dialogues and parodies -- The fool, or, The retired captain -- A young man -- Unclean tragedians and leprous playwrights -- An ideal examination -- "Chaos-vile in Rome" -- A mouth as big as all outdoors -- Honorable townsfolk -- At the sickbed -- The case of the year 1884 -- A drama -- Before the eclipse -- The sudden death of a steed, or, The magnanimity of the Russian people! -- Plays -- Swan song (calchas) -- Variants -- The evils of tobacco, first version -- Ivanov, first version -- 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 of the trial -- Variants -- The seagull -- Variants -- Uncle Vanya -- Variant -- Sisters -- Variants -- The evils of tobacco, final version -- The cherry orchard -- Variants -- Appendix: lost and unwritten plays. |
| Language Note: | Translated from the Russian. |
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| Subject: | Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 > Translations into English. Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. |
| Genre: | Russian drama. Translations. Translations. |
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The Complete Plays
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The Complete Plays
This stunning new translation presents the only truly complete edition of the playwright who is in the pantheon 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 understanding of the human condition and their brilliant wit. This volume contains work that has never previously been translated including the newly discovered farce The Power of Hypnosis and the first version of Ivanov, as well as Chekhov's early humorous dialogues. No less important, Laurence Senelick, who has staged many of these plays, has freshly translated them to bring into English Chekhov's jokes, the deliberate repetitions of his dialogue, and his verbal characterizations. Senelick has also annotated the works to bring clarity for the general reader and has included variants of the plays. His translations infuse new life into such classics as The Cherry Orchard and Three Sisters.
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