Description
Product ID: | 9780140447330 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Plays |
Authors: | Author: Anton Chekhov, Peter Carson |
Page Count: | 416 |
Subjects: | Plays, playscripts, Plays, playscripts |
Description: | Select Guide Rating At a time when the Russian theatre was dominated by formulaic melodramas and farces, Chekhov created a new sort of drama that laid bare the everyday lives, loves and yearnings of ordinary people. This book includes an introduction that examines how Chekhov broke with theatrical conventions and discusses each play in detail. Five masterful dramatic works from one of the world''s best-loved playwrights, Anton Chekhov''s Plays is translated with notes by Peter Carson, and an introduction by Richard Gilman in Penguin Classics. |
Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2002-07-25 |