Twelve Plays
Twelve Plays
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"Vaudeville subjects gush out of me like oil from the wells of Baku." Thus Chekhov once expressed his relish for writing the short one-act farces which (together with two longer plays) form this collection, written during the period when Chekhov was producing more serious prose fiction.
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Twelve Plays by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
"Vaudeville subjects gush out of me like oil from the wells of Baku". Thus Chekhov once expressed his relish for writing the short one-act farces included in this volume. Written during the period when Chekhov was producing more serious prose fiction, these plays are scripted for maximum comic effect. Action is based on a grotesque misunderstanding which leads to an absurd climax. "With me", wrote Chekhov, "the serious always alternates with the trivial." These pieces have been repeatedly staged in Russia and all over the world, and their popularity rivals that of Chekhov's renowned four-act plays. There the humour is muted. Here it is ribald and full of verve. Also included in this volume are the two relatively neglected long plays "Platonov" and "The Wood Demon". The latter served as the raw material for "Uncle Vanya", and both plays eloquently illustrate Chekhov's status as a theatrical poineer.
Chekhov, Anton: - Anton Chekhov, Russian dramatist and short-story writer, was born in 1860, the son of a grocer and the grandson of a serf. After graduating in medicine from Moscow University in 1884, he began to make his name in the theatre with the one-act comedies The Bear, The Proposal and The Wedding. His earliest full-length plays, Ivanov (1887) and The Wood Demon (1889), were not successful, and The Seagull, produced in 1896, was a failure until a triumphant revival by the Moscow Art Theatre in 1898. This was followed by Uncle Vanya (1899), Three Sisters (1901) and The Cherry Orchard (1904), shortly after the production of which Chekhov died. The first English translations of his plays were performed within five years of his death.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780192828132 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192828134 |
| Title | Twelve Plays |
| Author | Anton Pavlovich Chekhov |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1992-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 388 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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