Four Great Russian Plays: Chekhov Gogol Gorky Turgenev

The golden age of Russian theater produced works of enduring vitality, dramatic interest, and literary merit - among them, masterpieces by the four great writers included in this collection. Gogol's The Inspector General, a mistaken-identity farce that skewers venality, pretentiousness, and other foibles, is for many the greatest gem of Russian drama. A later gem, Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, brilliantly depicts the approaching dissolution of the world of the Russian aristocracy. Gorky's The Lower Depths presents a grimly realistic view of the wretched lives of down-and-outers on the eve of the Russian Revolution. Turgenev's A Month in the Country - a precursor of Chekhov's plays, fifty years ahead of its time - explores the painful absurdity of romantic love on a country estate filled with the light of a nineteenth-century summer. These four plays are essential reading for courses in modern theater, but will be devoured, as well, by theatergoers and drama lovers..

Features

• 1. "The Cherry Orchard." by Anton Chekhov
• 2. "The Inspector General." by Nikolai Gogol
• 3. "The Lower Depths." by Maxim Gorky
• 4. "A Month in the Country." by Ivan Turgenev

Specifications

	Introduction by:	Dover Publications, Inc.
	Paperback:	Dover Thrift Editions
	English Translation by:	The President and Fellows of Harvard University
	Publisher:	Dover Publications Inc.
	General Editor:	Paul Negri
	Date Published:	2004
	Editor of this Volume:	T.N.R. Rogers
	Editor-In-Chief:	Sergei Vesnin
	Number of Pages:	304 Pages
	Language:	English
	ISBN:	0-486-43472-9