Twelve plays / Anton Chekhov ; translated with an introduction and notes by Ronald Hingley.
By: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich.
Contributor(s): Hingley, Ronald.
Material type: BookSeries: World's classics.Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1992Description: xvi, 372 p. ; 19 cm.ISBN: 0192828134.Subject(s): Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 -- Translations into English | Russian drama -- Translations into English | One-act plays, Russian -- Translations into EnglishDDC classification: 891.723 CHEItem type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 891.723 CHE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00014395 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This collection of plays presents the fascinating minor works of Chekhov written during a period when the author was producing more serious prose fiction. Included are: On The High Road; Swan Song; The Bear; The Proposal; Tatyana Repin; A Tragic Role; The Wedding; The Anniversary; Smoking Is Bad For You; The Night Before The Trial; The Wood Demon; and Platonov.
Bibliography: (page xiv).
Short Plays -- On the high road (1885) -- Swan Song (1887-8) -- The Bear (1888-9) -- The Proposal (1888-9) -- Tatyana Repin (1889) -- A Tragic Role (1889-90) -- The wedding (1889-90) -- The Anniversary (1891) -- Smoking is bad for you (1903) -- The night before the trial (the 1890s) -- Four-Act Plays -- The wood-demon (1889-90) -- Platonov (1880-1).
Translated from the Russian.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (p. vii)
- Select Bibliography (p. xiv)
- A Chronology of Anton Chekhov (p. xv)
- Short Plays
- On the High Road (1885) (p. 1)
- Swan Song (1887-8) (p. 25)
- The Bear (1888) (p. 35)
- The Proposal (1888-9) (p. 51)
- Tatyana Repin (1889) (p. 67)
- A Tragic Role (1889-90) (p. 87)
- The Wedding (1889-90) (p. 95)
- The Anniversary (1891) (p. 111)
- Smoking is Bad for You (1903) (p. 127)
- The Night Before the Trial (the 1890s) (p. 133)
- Four-Act Plays
- The Wood-Demon (1889-90) (p. 143)
- Platonov (?1880-1) (p. 215)
- The Pronunciation of Russian Proper Names (p. 367)
- Explanatory Notes (p. 369)