Complete Plays"The most complete collection of the Russian playwright's repertoire."—Vogue This stunning new translation presents the only truly complete edition of the plays of one 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 brilliant wit and understanding of the human condition.This volume contains work never previously translated, including the newly discovered farce The Power of Hypnotism, the first version of Ivanov, Chekhov's early humorous dialogues, and a description of lost plays and those Chekhov intended to write but never did. |
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Contents
Preface | xiii |
Chronology of Chekhovs Life | xxvii |
A Note on the Translation | xxxv |
Guide to Transliteration and Pronunciation | xli |
Introduction | xlvii |
EARLY EXPERIMENTS | 1 |
Along the Highway | 222 |
COLLABORATION | 249 |
Variants | 451 |
Variants | 527 |
Tatyana Repina | 533 |
An Involuntary Tragedian From the Life of Vacationers | 555 |
Variant | 562 |
Variants | 580 |
Variants | 667 |
The Celebration | 705 |
HUMOROUS DIALOGUES AND PARODIES | 266 |
Russian People | 299 |
Swan Song Calchas | 305 |
The Evils of Tobacco First Version | 317 |
Ivanov First Version | 324 |
Variants | 404 |
The Bear | 415 |
Variants | 433 |
Variants | 722 |
The Seagull | 734 |
Variants | 803 |
Uncle Vanya | 811 |
Variant | 873 |
Lost and Unwritten Plays | 1049 |
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Common terms and phrases
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Complete Plays Norton paperback |
| Author | Anton Chekhov |
| Editor | Laurenc Senelick |
| Translated by | Laurenc Senelick |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0393330699, 9780393330694 |
| Length | 1060 pages |
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