UNCLE VANYA AND OTHER PLAYS (Bantam Classic) - Softcover

Chekhov, Anton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553214276 ISBN 13: 9780553214277

Publisher: Bantam Classics, 1994

Synopsis

Chekhov's lyrical plays and uproarious farces continue to entertain theatergoers nearly a century after he wrote them.  From his early work The Seagull --a depiction of estranged love and thwarted passion that became a great success Stanislavsky's Moscow Art Theater--to his last, The Cherry Orchard --the poignant portrayal of a land-owning family unable to adapt to a changing society--all his plays masterfully combine both levity and pathos.  But his comedic genius comes to fruition most fully in his short entertainments, such as the hilarious courtship between a hypochondriac and a shrew depicted in The Proposal.  Putting a "slice of life" on stage, Chekhov's dramatic art evokes the painful loneliness of the human condition, yet unfailingly highlights the pretensions and absurdities that make us laugh--at ourselves.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

“Chekhov, speaking simply and never otherwise than as an artist and a humane man, shows us in fullness and plenitude the mystery of our lives.”—Eudora Welty

About the Author:

Michael Henry Heim is professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles. His previous translations include Anton Chekhov’s Life and Thought: Selected Letters and Commentary (with Simon Karlinsky); The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera; and My Century, by Günter Grass. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Classics
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0553214276
• ISBN 13: 9780553214277
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 430