Table of Contents

Biographical Note
Introduction by Michael Henry Heim
An Actor’s Guide to Russian Names and their Pronunciation
The Seagull
Uncle Vanya
Three Sisters
The Cherry Orchard
Notes

About the Author

Michael Henry Heim is professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles. His previous translations include Anton Chekhov's Life and Thought- Selected Letters and Commentary(with Simon Karlinsky); The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera; and My Century, by G nter Grass. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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“Chekhov, speaking simply and never otherwise than as an artist and a humane man, shows us in fullness and plenitude the mystery of our lives.”—Eudora Welty