This collection features Chekhovs best-known short plays in brand new translations: three farces; two comic duologues and a monologue; all of them referred to by Chekhov as vaudevilles and all written in the late 1880s before any of his great full-length plays. I dont much care for theatre; he wrote at the time; but I do enjoy vaudevilles. The Bear; The Proposal and The Wedding are all farces on the preposterous busness of courtship and marriage. A Tragic Figure and Swansong are comic duologues: one about a civil servant sweltering in Moscow coping with the incessant demands of his family from their summer dacha; the other about a melancholy old actor perked up by memories of past glories. On the Evils of Tobacco is a bittersweet monologue in which a scientific lecture is hijacked by thoughts of domestic misery. These accurate and actable translations by Chekhov expert Stephen Mulrine reveal a dramatist revelling in the broad comedy of human behaviour; a comedy which was refined in his later masterpieces. Highly entertaining; these comic shorts offer a fascinating insight into Chekhovs development as a dramatist; and will provide actors at any level - student; amateur or professional - with an ideal showcase. This edition also includes an introduction; a chronology of key dates; and a pronunciation guide.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. easy way to learnBy M. Al-dhaenAround 160 pages; taking you through the techniques of architectural drawings in a very interesting dynamic way.Youll finish the book so quickly that you want to start over again.
