| Plays: Ivanov; The Seagull; Uncle Vanya; Three Sisters; The Cherryorchard Revised Edition Contributor(s): Chekhov, Anton (Author), Carson, Peter (Translator), Gilman, Richard (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0140447334 ISBN-13: 9780140447330 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $9.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2002 Annotation: Anton Chekhov wrote that "narrative is my legal wife and drama a flamboyant, rowdy, impudent, exhausting mistress." At a time when the Russian stage was dominated by farces, formulaic melodramas, and vaudevilles, Chekhov created plays that focused on characters grappling with moral questions. His works baffled his audiences, but his sensitive explorations of love, loss, and time as well as his portrayal of complex characters and ambiguities, revolutionized the theater with an exhilarating new form of drama. This volume includes new translations, full explanatory notes, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, and a glossary, as well as an introduction by eminent Chekhov scholar Richard Gilman. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Russian & Former Soviet Union - Literary Collections | Russian & Former Soviet Union - Performing Arts | Theater - Playwriting |
| Dewey: 891.723 |
| LCCN: 2003266509 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.08" W x 7.82" (0.63 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Five masterful dramatic works from one of the world's best-loved playwrights, including The Seagull--now a major motion picture starring Saoirse Ronan, Elizabeth Moss, and Annette Bening At a time when the Russian theatre was dominated by formulaic melodramas and farces, Chekhov created a new sort of drama that laid bare the everyday lives, loves and yearnings of ordinary people. Ivanov depicts a man stifled by inactivity and lost idealism, and The Seagull contrasts a young man's selfish romanticism with the stoicism of a woman cruelly abandoned by her lover. With 'the scenes from country life' of Uncle Vanya, his first fully mature play, Chekhov developed his own unique dramatic world, neither tragedy nor comedy. In Three Sisters the Prozorov sisters endlessly dream of going to Moscow to escape the monotony of provincial life, while his comedy The Cherry Orchard portrays characters futilely clinging to the past as their land is sold from underneath them. In this edition Peter Carson's moving translations convey Chekhov's subtle blend of comedy, tragedy and psychological insight, while Richard Gilman's introduction examines how Chekhov broke with theatrical conventions and discusses each play in detail. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |