Anton Chekhov's Plays

Resumen

Chekhov first attained celebrity status as a playwright with The Seagull (1895), first produced in Petersburg, but subsequently brilliantly directed by Stanislavsky for the Moscow Art Theatre. Uncle Vanya (1900), Three Sisters (1901)andthe most famous of Chekhov's plays, The Cherry Orchard (1904), followed in quick succession. All four plays are included in this volume. A seemingly effortless blend of natural symbolism, these plays demonstrate Chekhov's perennial appeal anda re still produced the world over.