 Anton Chekhov, et al Plays (Penguin Classics) |
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Anton Chekhov, et al Plays (Penguin Classics) |
 | Anton Chekhov, et alFormat: Paperback, 416ppPublished: September 2002 Publisher: Penguin Classics |
| Publisher info: Anton Chekhov wrote that "narrative is my legal wife and drama a flamboyant, rowdy, impudent, exhausting mistress." At a time when the Russian stage was dominated by farces, formulaic melodramas, and vaudevilles, Chekhov created plays that focused on characters grappling with moral questions. His works baffled his audiences, but his sensitive explorations of love, loss, and time as well as his portrayal of complex characters and ambiguities, revolutionized the theater with an exhilarating new form of drama. Author Biography: Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a physician and writer of short stories and plays. |