Chekhov: The Essential Plays The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters & The Cherry Orchard

Because Chekhov's plays convey the universally recognizable, sometimes comic, sometimes dramatic, frustrations of decent people trying to make sense of their lives, they remain as fresh and vigorous as when they were written a century ago. Gathered here in superb new renderings by one of the most highly regarded translators of our timeversions that have been staged throughout the United States, Canada, and Great Britainare Chekhov's four essential masterpieces for the theater.

<b>Michael Henry Heim</b> is professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles. His previous translations include <i>Anton Chekhov’s Life and Thought: Selected Letters and Commentary</i> (with Simon Karlinsky); <i>The Unbearable Lightness of Being</i>, by Milan Kundera; and <i>My Century</i>, by Günter Grass. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.