The Cherry Orchard: A Comedy in Four Acts - Softcover

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov; Jean-Claude Van Itallie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0822214504 ISBN 13: 9780822214502

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 1998

Synopsis

?Senelick?s accomplishment is astounding.??Library Journal

Anton Chekhov is a unique force in modern drama, his works cherished for their brilliant wit and insight into the human condition. In this stunning new translation of one of Chekhov?s most popular and beloved plays, Laurence Senelick presents a fresh perspective on the master playwright and his groundbreaking dramas. He brings this timeless trial of art and love to life as memorable characters have clashing desires and lose balance in the shifting eruptions of society and a modernizing Russia. Supplementing the play is an account of Chekhov?s life; a note on the translation; an introduction to the work; and variant lines, often removed due to government censorship, which illuminate the context in which they were written. This edition is the perfect guide to enriching our understanding of this great dramatist or to staging a production.

About this title

Book Description:

This version of Chekhov's classic work by playwright Simon Stephens is an anguished and heartbreaking love letter to a society in violent transition.

About the Author:

Anton Chekhov, Russian dramatist and short-story writer, was born in 1860, the son of a grocer and the grandson of a serf. After graduating in medicine from Moscow University in 1884, he began to make his name in the theatre with the one-act comedies The Bear, The Proposal and The Wedding. His earliest full-length plays, Ivanov (1887) and The Wood Demon (1889), were not successful, and The Seagull, produced in 1896, was a failure until a triumphant revival by the Moscow Art Theatre in 1898. This was followed by Uncle Vanya (1899), Three Sisters (1901) and The Cherry Orchard (1904), shortly after the production of which Chekhov died. The first English translations of his plays were performed within five years of his death.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0822214504
• ISBN 13: 9780822214502
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 72