The Cherry Orchard remains a classic of the theatre. Completed less than a year before his death at the age of forty-four, Chekhov's last "comedy" still ranks supreme as a human tragedy of dispossessi
Away from his native Moscow, in a provincial town to care for his ailing sister, Nina, Laptev falls instantly in love with Yulia Sergeyevna, the daughter of the local doctor. She in turn feels nothing
The Shooting Party, Chekhov's only full-length novel, centres on Olga, the pretty young daughter of a drunken forester on a country estate, and her fateful relationships with the men in her life. Ador
A beautiful autumn day, rural England.A respected professor returns to his farmland after many years...with a new, beautiful, young wife. Their arrival turns the lives of his family and friends upside
Raymond Carver called Anton Chekhov "the greatest short story writer who has ever lived." This unequivocal verdict on Chekhov's genius has been echoed many times by writers as diverse as Katherine Ma
The fifth volume of Chekhov short stories completes the publication in the World Classics series of his entire work as a mature fiction-writer. Here are 22 stories, including "The Steppe," Chekhov's
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet’s Uncle Vanya is a sparkling restoration of a masterpiece of the modern stage, marked by Mamet’s finely tuned ear for dialogue and memorable poetic imager
Chekhov's worldwide reputation as a dramatist rests on five great plays: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard. All are presented in this collection, taken from the
Stephen Karam is known for his dedication to exploring the idiosyncrasies of human speech and behavior?the subtleties, the depth, and the wonderfully awkward minutiae. With this new adaptation of Chek
A Russian version of Don Juan is the focus of Chekhov's first play, a farce in which a newly arrived schoolmaster proves irresistible to the bored women of a provincial community. Platonov's charm lie
Join us for one of Chekhov’s masterpieces, one of the precursors of modern drama and a study of middle-class Russian life in the nineteenth century. Two obsessive love affairs lead nowhere, while a mi
Chekhov is one of the greatest writers to have ever lived and this collection of stories by him gives us a great understanding of what made him such a great storyteller and has kept him in the public
In Chekhov's tragi-comedy - perhaps his most popular play - the Gayev family is torn by powerful forces, forces rooted deep in history and in the society around them. Their estate is hopelessly in deb
Set on a remote farm in the Ukraine, Uncle Vanya is the story of two obsessive love affairs that lead nowhere and a flirtation that brings disaster. This is a comprehensively annotated edition for stu
From one of Russia’s greatest writers, Anton Chekhov, an indispensable collection of stories, full of humor, truth, and vast insight, selected and introduced by modern American virtuoso Richard Ford,
Well known throughout the world for his great late 19th and early 20th century plays, Uncle Vanya, The Sea Gull, The Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard, Chekhov also wrote numerous short plays. In t
