Bibliograph

Five plays, Anton Chekhov ; translated and with an introduction by Ronald Hingley

Type

Label

Five plays, Anton Chekhov ; translated and with an introduction by Ronald Hingley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 295)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

dramas

Main title

Five plays

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

263065443

Responsibility statement

Anton Chekhov ; translated and with an introduction by Ronald Hingley

Series statement

Oxford world's classics

Summary

"The five plays on which Chekhov's worldwide reputation rests defy attempts to determine what they are about. Some productions of Chekhov exude an atmosphere of unrelieved gloom; others turn into a boisterous romp round the samovar. Are they tragedies of loss and dispossession, or lighthearted send-ups of society's misfits? Chekhov does not answer such questions; instead, he involves us in the emotional experience of his characters as they seek for a pattern and meaning in their lives. The grand design eludes them, but what have they left, their everyday existence, their unspectacular victories, and unheroic disappointments, can seem somehow, within the confines of the Chekhov play, to matter at least as much. This collection of five great plays is taken from the Oxford Chekhov, Ronald Hingley's scholarly edition, acclaimed for the accuracy and 'speakability' og the translations." --Back cover

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