Chekhov Plays

by Anton Chekhov

This volume includes

• The Seagull, about the battle for power between a mother and her son which ends in tragedy
•  Uncle Vanya tells of two obsessive love affairs that lead nowhere, and a flirtation that brings disaster
• Three Sisters in which three siblings wrestle with their futures
• The Cherry Orchard where the old must inevitably give way to the new

Haunting and elusive, these four great late masterpieces have found in Michael Frayn a translator who perfectly captures their delicate balance of the tragic and the absurd. The volume also contains four of Chekhov's early short 'vaudevilles' as well as a substantial introduction by Michael Frayn.