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Uncle Vanya and Other Plays
Uncle Vanya and Other Plays
Author: Anton Chekhov, Betsy Hulick (Translator)
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 Or...  more » --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.
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ISBN-13: 9780553214277
ISBN-10: 0553214276
Publication Date: 10/1/1994
Pages: 430
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Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Paperback
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