Russian & Former Soviet Union

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...

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...

'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...

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...

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 9781484903155Author Alexander KoryaginFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Includes the plays The Samson Riddle and Essay; The Bespoke Overcoat; The Hebrew Lesson; It Should Happen to a Dog; and The Mighty Hunter. When The Bespoke Overcoat was first performed in 1953, Wolf Mankowitz was immediately hailed as one of...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

'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 9781839985447Author Vladimir VoinovichFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Anthem PressPublisher Anthem PressWeight(grams) 153g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781530891207Author Will JonsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

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 9781559364676Author Ivan TurgenevFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.

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...

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 9781559365499Author Anton ChekhovFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.

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...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781505542486Author Steve AsikinFormat PaperbackPage Count 468Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

The Cherry Orchard is the story of a mortgage, with the grounds and beautiful trees of the proud landowners going for sale at a public auction to pay off their debts to the boorish son of a peasant who has risen in the world. Mme Ranyevskayas family...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781986242356Author Durwood WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798594041127Author Bram StokerFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789358727210Author Saadat Hasan MantoFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Taemeer PublicationsPublisher Taemeer PublicationsWeight(grams) 113g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604447804Author Muratsan (Grigor Ter Hovanissyan)Format PaperbackImprint Indoeuropeanpublishing.comPublisher Indoeuropeanpublishing.comWeight(grams) 331g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781490415291Author Herbert R Smith JrFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604447828Author Muratsan (Grigor Ter Hovanissyan)Format PaperbackImprint Indoeuropeanpublishing.comPublisher Indoeuropeanpublishing.comWeight(grams) 245g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781502836892Author Anton Pavlovich ChekhovFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781511991124Author Anton ChekhovFormat PaperbackPage Count 68Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781511885379Author Ivan Sergeevich TurgenevFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace...

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