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Chekhov Plays: The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, the Cherry Orchard, and Four Vaudevilles
Chekhov Plays: The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, the Cherry Orchard, and Four Vaudevilles
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Author: Anton Chekhov Translated by: Michael Frayn Publisher: Bloomsbury Format: Softcover # of Pages: 384 Pub. Date: 1993 ISBN-10: 041318160X ISBN-13: 9780413181602
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About
the Plays:
HARD
TO FIND BOOK, only a very limited number of copies are still
available.
The
reputation of Anton Chekhov as one of the greatest precursors
of modern drama rests largely on these four masterpieces: The
Seagull, Uncle Vanya,
Three Sisters, and
The Cherry Orchard. Haunting and elusive, these four
masterpieces have found in Michael Frayn a translator who
perfectly captures their delicate balance of the tragic and the
absurd.
The
Seagull is a full-length comedy about the battle for power
between a mother and her son that ends in tragedy. (Cast: 5 women, 8
men).
Uncle
Vanya is a full-length drama that tells of two obsessive love
affairs that lead nowhere, and a flirtation that brings disaster. A
loosely structured family are facing breakdown under mounting
pressures of the world around them, none more than the eponymous
Uncle Vanya. A middle-aged man in a crisis of values, he is further
threatened by dispossession at the hands of his brother-in-law.
Passions run high, compounded by idle intrigues of unrequited love.
(Cast: 4 women, 6 men).
Three
Sisters is a full-length drama in which three siblings wrestle
with their futures. The Prozorov sisters, Olga, Masha and Irina,
dream of freedom, sex, romance and Moscow. Two figures appear in
their lives. Vershinin, the new battery commander, has hopes of a
better future for mankind. Natasha, a local woman, has hopes of a
better future for herself. Each will transform the Prozorov family. A
complex lattice of stories works itself out, bringing reward to some,
despair to others. Three Sisters is considered one of Anton Chekov's master works and is regularly performed in repertory by theatre companies across the globe. (Cast: 5 women, 9 men).
The
Cherry Orchard is a full-length tragi-comedy — Chekhov's last
and perhaps most popular play — the Gayev family is torn by
powerful forces deeply rooted in history and the society in which
they live. Their estate is hopelessly in debt and when urged to cut
down their beautiful cherry orchard and sell the land for holiday
cottages, they are confronted by an impossible decision (Cast: 5
women, 9 men).
The
volume also contains four of Chekhov's early one-act plays
"vaudevilles" (The Evils of Tobacco, Swan Song,
The Bear, and The Proposal) as well as a substantial
introduction by Michael Frayn who is now considered the
foremost translator of Chekhov in the English language.
What
people say:
"The
critical clamour for a Complete Chekhov in Michael Frayn's
translation has borne fruit." — Sunday Times
About
the Playwright:
Anton
Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) was the author of hundreds of short
stories and several plays and is regarded by many as both the
greatest Russian storyteller and the father of modern drama. From
Chekhov, many contemporary playwrights have learnt how to use mood,
apparent trivialities and inaction to highlight the internal
psychology of characters. His plays, including The Seagull, Uncle
Vanya, The Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard, are among the most
widely performed in the world.
Michael
Frayn has written plays, novels, and screenplays, in addition to
being a journalist, documentary filmmaker, and translator of Chekhov.
His thirteen plays include Copenhagen, which was awarded the
Tony Award for Best Play, as well as the Outer Critics Circle and
Drama Desk awards and, in the United Kingdom, the Olivier and Evening
Standard awards. His novel Headlong was shortlisted for
the Booker Prize. Born in London in 1933 and educated at Cambridge,
Frayn is married to the biographer and critic Claire Tomalin;
they live in London.
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