A Great Collection of Plays in One Volume

The innovative plays of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov for their time made his name immortal in both literature and the history of theater. "Let everything on stage be as simple and at the same time as complex as in life: people... have lunch, only have lunch, and at the same time their happiness is being formed and their lives are being shattered," Chekhov said, establishing the formula for new drama. The drama of everyday life, hidden in the mundane flow of existence, became the writer's most significant discovery. As a result, the usual notions of dramatic action, its introduction, climax, and resolution, as well as the purpose of words and silence, gestures and glances, were broken. The book represents the most complete collection of the writer's plays.