Uncle Vanya (Drama Classics) - Softcover

Chekhov, Anton

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9781854594303: Uncle Vanya (Drama Classics)

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ISBN 10: 1854594303 ISBN 13: 9781854594303

Publisher: Nick Hern Books, 1999

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A new edition of Chekhov's classic.

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From the Back Cover:

In Uncle Vanya, a retired professor and his beautiful young wife return to the country estate left by his deceased first wife to find themselves overwhelmed by the stagnant inevitability of the rituals of their life and class and mercilessly taxed by the encroachment of age at the expense of youth. All of the play's characters are plunged into that precarious state where, in Beckett's words, 'the boredom of living is replaced by the suffering of being.'

About the Author:

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), a physician by training, is now considered the most notable 20th-century Russian dramatist. His major plays, all staged by Stanislavsky at the Moscow Art Theatre, helped establish psychological realism in European theatre. Stephen Mulrine is a Glasgow-born poet and playwright who has written extensively for radio and television, and published many translations.

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