Chekhov: The Major Plays book by Anton Chekhov
Chekhov: The Major Plays book by Anton Chekhov
Chekhov: The Major Plays
Ivanov * The Sea Gull * Uncle Vanya
The Three Sisters * The Cherry Orchard
"Let the things that happen on stage be just as complex and yet just as simple as they are in life. For instance, people are having a meal, just having a meal, but at the same time their happiness is being created, or their lives are being smashed up." Thus Chekhov summed up the credo that finds expression in the subtle construction and electrically charged atmosphere of his plays. In these portrayals of human beings trapped in a stultifying environment, victimized as much by their own weakness as by the greed of others, the most casual words and everyday actions assume the import of acts of destiny. Tragedy is mingled with farce, protest wars with resignation, in a world that yields from its darkest despair a singular moral affirmation--an affirmation that stands as the final mark and measure of Chekov's art. As Robert Brustein declares in the foreword to this edition: "...in the modern theater...there are none who bring the drama to a higher realization of its human role."
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About Anton Chekhov
anton pavlovich chekhov (1860–1904) was a russian playwright and short story writer who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short ficti
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