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OverviewThe seventh title in TCG's Classic Russian Drama series. After their father's death, Olga, Masha, and Irina find life in their small Russian town stifling and hopeless. They long to return to Moscow, the bustling metropolis they left eleven years ago, but their brother Andrei's gambling habits have trapped them in their small provincial lives. A masterful new translation of Chekhov's exploration of yearning and disillusionment. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anton Chekhov , Richard Nelson , Richard Pevear , Larissa VolokhonskyPublisher: Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. Imprint: Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. ISBN: 9781559369695ISBN 10: 1559369698 Pages: 144 Publication Date: 24 September 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsPevear and Volokhonsky are at once scrupulous translators and vivid stylists of English.-- New Yorker Pevear and Volokhonsky are at once scrupulous translators and vivid stylists of English. --New Yorker """Pevear and Volokhonsky are at once scrupulous translators and vivid stylists of English.""-- ""New Yorker""" Author InformationAnton Chekhov (1860-1904), a physician by training, is now considered the most notable 20th-century Russian dramatist. His major plays, all staged by Stanislavsky at the Moscow Art Theatre, helped establish psychological realism in European theatre. Richard Nelson's many plays include: The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family (a trilogy of plays, Hungry, What Did You Expect? and Women of a Certain Age); The Apple Family: Scenes from Life in the Country (That Hopey Changey Thing, Sweet and Sad, Sorry and Regular Singing); Nikolai and the Others; Goodnight Children Everywhere (Olivier Award for Best Play); Franny's Way; Some Americans Abroad; Frank's Home; Two Shakespearean Actors and James Joyce's The Dead (with Shaun Davey; Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical). Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have translated the works of Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Gogol, Anton Chekhov, Boris Pasternak and Mikhail Bulgakov. Their translations of The Brothers Karamazov and Anna Karenina won the PEN Translation Prize in 1991 and 2002, respectively. Pevear, a native of Boston, and Volokhonsky, of St. Petersburg, are married and live in France. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have translated the works of Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Gogol, Anton Chekhov, Boris Pasternak and Mikhail Bulgakov. Their translations of The Brothers Karamazov and Anna Karenina won the PEN Translation Prize in 1991 and 2002, respectively. Pevear, a native of Boston, and Volokhonsky, of St. Petersburg, are married and live in France. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |