Three Sisters (Modern Plays)

Three Sisters (Modern Plays)

by Michael Frayn (Translator), Anton Chekhov (Author), Anton Chekhov (Author), Nick Worrall (Editor), Michael Frayn (Translator), Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Author), Anton Chekhov (Author), Michael Frayn (Translator)

Synopsis

Chekhov's widely performed classic study of provincial life explores the irony of hope and the inadequacy of consolation.Michael Frayn's hugely popular translation is an AQA recommended text. For this Student Edition Nick Worrall provides expert commentary and notes.

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Format: paperback
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published:

ISBN 10: 0413771407
ISBN 13: 9780413771407

Media Reviews
We value [Chekhov] for his juxtaposition of comedy and emotional pain, his penetration into character and his understanding of the eternal truths of human nature. --Telegraph
Author Bio
Michael Frayn's work for the stage includes Alphabetical Order, Make and Break and Noises Off, all of which received Best Comedy of the Year awards, while Benefactors was named Best Play of the Year. His other works include Democracy (National Theatre and West End prior to Broadway) and Copenhagen (winner of numerous awards including the Evening Standard and Critics' Circle Best Play Awards 1998). He has translated Chekhov's four last plays and is also a novelist and recipient of the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel for Spies.