Chekhov: The Essential Plays: The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters The Cherry Orchard [Paperback]

Because Chekhov’s plays convey the universally recognizable, sometimes comic, sometimes dramatic, frustrations of decent people trying to make sense of their lives, they remain as fresh and vigorous as when they were written a century ago. Gathered here in superb new renderings by one of the most highly regarded translators of our time—versions that have been staged throughout the United States, Canada, and Great Britain—are Chekhov’s four essential masterpieces for the theater.Biographical Note
Introduction by Michael Henry Heim
An Actor’s Guide to Russian Names and their Pronunciation
The Seagull
Uncle Vanya
Three Sisters
The Cherry Orchard
Notes“Chekhov, speaking simply and never otherwise than as an artist and a humane man, shows us in fullness and plenitude the mystery of our lives.”—Eudora WeltyMichael Henry Heim is professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles. His previous translations include Anton Chekhov’s Life and Thought: Selected Letters and Commentary (with Simon Karlinsky); The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera; and My Century, by Günter Grass. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.characters

Irína Nikoláevna Arkádina (Trépleva by marriage). An actress.

Konstantín Gavrílovich Tréplev (Kóstya). Her son, a young man.

Pyotr Nikoláevich Sórin. Her brother.

Nína Mikháilovna Zaréchnaya. A young girl, the daughter of a rich landowner.

Ilyá Afanásyevich Shamr&#2