Russian & Former Soviet Union

Five masterful dramatic works from one of the world's best-loved playwrights, Anton Chekhov's Plays is translated with notes by Peter Carson, and an introduction by Richard Gilman in Penguin Classics.At a time when the Russian theatre was dominated by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420960822Author Anton ChekhovFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Digireads.comPublisher Digireads.comWeight(grams) 73gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 3mm

We need the theatre, couldn't, couldn't do without it. Could we? A successful actress visits her brother's isolated estate far from the city, throwing the frustrated residents unfulfilled ambitions into sharp relief. As her son attempts to impress...

The mayor and local officials of a small provincial town in Russia have got it made: corruption is rife and they have all the power. Yet, when they learn that an undercover government inspector is about to make a visit, they face a mad dash to cover...

"We need the theatre, couldn't, couldn't do without it. Could we?" A successful actress visits her brother's isolated estate far from the city, throwing the frustrated residents unfulfilled ambitions into sharp relief. As her son attempts to impress...

'A beautiful, evocative love story, a heart-breaking journey into a long-buried past.' David Nicholls'Enthralling and beautifully written.' The Times_________Welcome to the Museum of Broken Promises,a place of wonder, sadness ... and hope.Inside lies a...

In the heat of summer, Sonya and her Uncle Vanya while away their days on a crumbling estate deep in the countryside, visited occasionally by the only local doctor Astrov. However, when Sonya's father, Professor Serebryakov, suddenly returns with his...

A mysterious stranger appears in a Moscow park. Soon he and his retinue have astonished the locals with the magic show to end all magic shows. But why are they really here, and what has it got todo with the beautiful Margarita, or her lover, the Master,...

Set amongst the whores, alcoholics, cynics and doss house dreamers of a Russia on the brink of revolution, The Lower Depths is a harrowing, violent and uncompromising portrayal of the human spirit at its lowest ebb, with destitution and death an ever...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912031689Author John MurrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint GB Publishing OrgPublisher GB Publishing OrgWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780881455304Author Evgeny ShvartsFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Broadway Play Publishing IncPublisher Broadway Play Publishing IncWeight(grams)...

'I ADORE cold-war novels and I live for love stories - The Museum of Broken Promises is a perfect combination of both. It's a gem of a book... beautiful, elegant.' Marian Keyes, author of The Break_________Paris, today. The Museum of Broken Promises is a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781499227864Author Pavel SanaevFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpace

Anton Chekhov is one of the undisputed masters of world drama. He is usually thought to hide himself behind his characters and stories, keeping his own personality well off-stage. But when he was young he wrote three plays - Platonov, Ivanov and The...

This anthology offers the reader six important Russian plays of the nineteenth century, in readable modern translations. The editor has provided an introduction surveying the development of drama and the theater in Russia and discussing the significance...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375761348Author Anton ChekhovFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 202mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593467565Author Alexander PushkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 210gDimensions(mm) 202mm...

This adaptation by David Hare premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London in 1997 starring Ralph Fiennes This is a drama of a Russian landowner's half-farcical, half serious personal crisis as he plummets fast into domestic and philosophical chaos. The...

New Russian Drama took shape at the turn of the new millennium-a time of turbulent social change in Russia and the former Soviet republics. Emerging from small playwriting festivals, provincial theaters, and converted basements, it evolved into a major...

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) overturned the dramatic conventions of his day and laid the groundwork for contemporary approaches to directing and acting. Now, for the first time, the full lyricism, humor, and pathos of his greatest plays are...

Don't be miserable, you wonderful woman; be a mermaid. There's the ocean; throw yourself in. Fall in love with some poor mortal and drag him down with you. Astonish us! On an isolated country estate, Sonia and her Uncle Vanya are committed to a life of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780881458404Author Evgeny ShvartsFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Broadway Play PublishingPublisher Broadway Play PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953608017Author Anton ChekhovFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Anton Korenev EntertainmentPublisher Anton Korenev EntertainmentWeight(grams)...

Cassandra, the daughter of King Priam of Troy, is cursed with the gift of true prophecies that are not believed by anyone. She foretells the city's fall should Paris bring Helen as his wife, as well as the death of several of Troy's heroes and her family...

In this essential collection of Andrei Platonov's plays, the noted Platonov translator Robert Chandler edits and introduces The Hurdy-Gurdy (translated by Susan Larsen), Fourteen Little Red Huts (translated by Chandler), and Grandmother's Little Hut...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559369923Author Anton ChekhovFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.

Anton Chekhov's play Uncle Vanya in a new version by Christopher Hampton. This version will be first staged at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, on 25 October 2012 and run until 16 February 2013.'It's often said that the best of the Chekhov plays is the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559365376Author Mikhail BulgakovFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559365901Author Anton ChekovFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) overturned the dramatic conventions of his day and laid the groundwork for contemporary approaches to directing and acting. Now, for the first time, the full lyricism, humor, and pathos of his greatest plays are...

Contemporary Queer Plays by Russian Playwrights is the first anthology of LGBTQ-themed plays written by Russian queer authors and straight allies in the 21st century. The book features plays by established and emergent playwrights of the Russian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692198803Author Zara Martirosova TorloneFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Staroe VinoPublisher Staroe VinoWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839985447Author Vladimir VoinovichFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Anthem PressPublisher Anthem PressWeight(grams) 153g

New Russian Drama took shape at the turn of the new millennium-a time of turbulent social change in Russia and the former Soviet republics. Emerging from small playwriting festivals, provincial theaters, and converted basements, it evolved into a major...

The first major English translation of a masterful seriocomic theatrical work by one of the most prominent writers of the Soviet epochWalpurgis Night, by acclaimed Russian writer Venedikt Erofeev, is considered a classic in the playwright's homeland...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780881453249Author Nikolai GogolFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Broadway Play Publishing IncPublisher Broadway Play Publishing IncWeight(grams) 150g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780881456950Author Anthony ClarvoeFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Broadway Play Publishing IncPublisher Broadway Play Publishing IncWeight(grams) 150g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997096798Author Thomas G JewusiakFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Landcaster PressPublisher Landcaster PressWeight(grams) 413g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991504763Author John FreedmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 504Imprint New Academia Publishing/ The SpringPublisher New Academia Publishing/ The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604447903Author Muratsan (Grigor Ter Hovanissyan)Format PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Indoeuropeanpublishing.comPublisher Indoeuropeanpublishing...