Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Drama / Characters: 9 male, 6 femaleScenery 2 Interiors / 1 ExteriorThis poignant story of three provincial sisters who long with all their hearts to go to Moscow is classic theatre which has featured many of the world's great actresses and actors in the roles of Olga, Masha, Irina and Vershinin.

Dramatic Comedy / Characters: 5 male 4 femaleScenery: Interior/ExteriorThis classic imparts an indelible picture of Chekhov's Russia and of his rich bittersweet and deeply human characters. "Blessedly free both of Slavisms and of up-to-date colloquialisms." -New York Times"Simply wonderful." -Boston Globe"Mamet's adaptation is true and faithful to the Russian master in both tone and content." -Cape Cod Times

This volume offers lively and accurate translations of Chekhov's major plays and one-acts along with a superb Introduction focused on the plays' remarkably enduring power to elicit the most widely divergent of responses, the life of the playwright in its historical and aesthetic contexts, suggestions for reading the plays 'under a microscope', and notes designed to bring Chekhov's world into immediate focus everything needed to examine his drama with fresh eyes and on its own artistic terms.

For Madame Ranevskaya, her cherry orchard is more than just land; it is her childhood, her memories and her life. Returning for the first time since her young son drowned there, she must come to terms with the fact that in order to free her family of debt the cherry orchard must be sold, the trees must be cleared and she and her family must prepare for life beyond the orchard. This touching and often hillarious play exercises the perfect balance of comedy and tragedy, through the characters, relationships and observations of society.