Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
88) Plays four
Author
Series
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
This fourth collection contains five of Tom Stoppard's most celebrated translations and adaptations of works by Arthur Schnitzler, Ferenc Molnár, Johann Nestroy, and Anton Chekhov.
89) The seagull
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Aging actress Irina visits the country estate where her brother Sorin and her son Konstantin reside. She brings her lover Boris, a successful novelist. The estate teems with desire, jealousy and angst. The estate manager's daughter Masha is in love with Konstantin, who is in love with the sweet neighbor Nina, who is in love with Boris. Boris casually uses and discards Nina while Irina continuously treats Konstantin with similar disdain. Emotions...
90) Country life
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Spring fever runs wild when a snooty native son returns to his hometown-- and brings along his voluptous new wife.
Author
Publisher
Dramatists Play Service
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
On his Uncle Sorin's lakeside estate, Constantine's new play premieres to disdainful reactions from the family and friends who have gathered: Masha; her future husband Medvedenko; Dorn, a lecherous doctor; Shamrayev, manager of the estate; and his wife Polina. Constantine's mother, the famous actress Madame Arkadina (and prima donna), is not one to suppress her true feelings on her son's contribution to the theatre: She abhors it. Humiliated, Constantine...
Author
Publisher
Dramatists Play Service
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
"The play takes place on the grounds of Lyubov Andreyevna Ranevskaya's estate, somewhere in the provinces of Russia. Lopakhin, a sometime peasant who has become a wealthy businessman, and Dunyasha, the maid, are waiting for Lyubov. She has been away from home a long time, living in Paris with her lover. When she arrives with her daughter, Anya, she is welcomed by her brother, Gayev, and other family, friends, staff and neighbors. Lyubov and Gayev...
99) Chataigne: récit
Author
Publisher
Gallimard
Pub. Date
[1934]
Language
Français
Description
"The dog Kashtanka belongs to a drunken carpenter who takes her out one day, but on the way home loses her in the confusion of a military parade. The story is told by an omniscient narrator who privileges Kashtanka's point of view, so we follow the dog's subsequent adventures largely from her eyes." --