Chekhov started writing about theatre in newspaper articles and in his own letters even before he began writing plays. Collected here in translation, these writ

While the influence of Chekhov in modern theater worldwide, and especially in America, has been immense, translations into English have tended to be too literar

Eminent critic Richard Gilman examines each of Chekhov's full-length plays, showing how they relate to each other, to Chekhov's short stories, and to his life.

"Senelick's accomplishment is astounding."--Library Journal

Anton Chekhov's popularity in the west is without parallel for a foreign writer. He has been absorbed into our culture, and accepted as one of our own. His play