Uncle Vanya and Other Plays (Bantam Classic) - Softcover

A collection of Chekov's work includes four masterful plays-- "The Seagull," "Uncle Vanya," "Three Sisters," and "The Cherry Orchard"--plus three delightfully humorous entertainments: "The Bear," "The Proposal," and "The Anniversary." Reissue.

rical plays and uproarious farces continue to entertain theatergoers nearly a century after he wrote them.  From his early work The Seagull --a depiction of estranged love and thwarted passion that became a great success Stanislavsky's Moscow Art Theater--to his last, The Cherry Orchard --the poignant portrayal of a land-owning family unable to adapt to a changing society--all his plays masterfully combine both levity and pathos.  But his comedic genius comes to fruition most fully in his short entertainments, such as the hilarious courtship between a hypochondriac and a shrew depicted in The Proposal.  Putting a "slice of life" on stage, Chekhov's dramatic art evokes the painful loneliness of the human condition, yet unfailingly highlights the pretensions and absurdities that make us laugh--at ourselves.