Auteur: Chekhov Anton Chekhov

Comprising four one-act comic vaudevilles and four short stories adapted for the stage by Michael Frayn, The Sneeze introduces readers to a less familiar selection of work by one of the greatest prec …

Comprising four one-act comic vaudevilles and four short stories adapted for the stage by Michael Frayn, The Sneeze introduces readers to a less familiar selection of work by one of the greatest prec …

Along with Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard, Uncle Vanya is credited as one of Chekhov’s masterpieces and a significant precursor of modern drama. Set on a country estate in late nineteenth centu …

Along with Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard, Uncle Vanya is credited as one of Chekhov’s masterpieces and a significant precursor of modern drama. Set on a country estate in late nineteenth centu …

‘Frayn’s translation, which strikes me as splendidly lucid and alive . . . will be acted again and again’ New Statesman In Chekhov’s tragi-comedy – perhaps his most popular play – the Gayev family is …

‘Frayn’s translation, which strikes me as splendidly lucid and alive . . . will be acted again and again’ New Statesman In Chekhov’s tragi-comedy – perhaps his most popular play – the Gayev family is …

Oh, Misha, it’s terrible to be an educated woman. An educated woman with nothing to do. What am I here for? Why am I alive? They should make me a professor somewhere, or a director of something … I …

Oh, Misha, it’s terrible to be an educated woman. An educated woman with nothing to do. What am I here for? Why am I alive? They should make me a professor somewhere, or a director of something … I …

Chekhov’s celebrated masterpiece is given vibrant new life in this dynamic new version by Olivier Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens. Switching effortlessly between the ridiculous and the profou …

Chekhov’s celebrated masterpiece is given vibrant new life in this dynamic new version by Olivier Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens. Switching effortlessly between the ridiculous and the profou …

A civilised and complacent culture is on the brink of collapse…The tide of change is coming. Madam Ranyevskaya’s liberal world of privilege and pleasure is beginning to show cracks, but she and her …

A civilised and complacent culture is on the brink of collapse…The tide of change is coming. Madam Ranyevskaya’s liberal world of privilege and pleasure is beginning to show cracks, but she and her …

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 plumme …

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 plumme …

The funny thing is the harder I work the more clearly I understand things. When I’m worn out after a day’s work then it’s like my brain relaxes. And sometimes then I get it. The meaning of my life. M …

The funny thing is the harder I work the more clearly I understand things. When I’m worn out after a day’s work then it’s like my brain relaxes. And sometimes then I get it. The meaning of my life. M …

The Restless Classics edition of Chekhov: Stories for Our Time presents a must-have collection by the great Russian author who captured humanity in all its complexity, and reintroduces Chekhov as a f …

If you were looking for the definitive Christmas anthology, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it!This book is everything you want Christmas to be loving, warm and celebratory. Timeless …

Pembrokeshire, 1982. Things are going to change.This radical reworking of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard places the action in early 80s Wales, at the dawn of another revolution the Thatcher regime. Blo …

Rash Dash take on Chekhov in this reimagining of the classic play that brings the women to the forefront. I’M GOING TO PHILOSOPHISE MY HEAD OFF. How should I make the most of being alive in this mome …

Chekhov’s iconic characters are relocated to Nigeria in this bold new adaptation.Owerri, 1967, on the brink of the Biafran Civil War.Lolo, Nne Chukwu and Udo are grieving the loss of their father. Mo …

In a remote Russian town, Olga, Masha and Irina long for life in Moscow but their plans go nowhere. Disaster, deception, meaningless self-sacrifice in Chekhov’s heartbreaking masterpiece, each new tw …

Weird isn’t it. Years of the same old thing and then suddenly, without warning, tomorrow is a stranger.An old starship. Far from Earth. Prema Ramesh, the ship’s grieving commander, seeks solace in th …

Weird isn’t it. Years of the same old thing and then suddenly, without warning, tomorrow is a stranger.An old starship. Far from Earth. Prema Ramesh, the ship’s grieving commander, seeks solace in th …

Includes the plays Judith, (Uncle) Vanya, A House of Correction, Let Me and Lot and His God Barker’s radical rewriting of Chekhov’s classic Uncle Vanya brought him more controversy than most of his o …

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 in …

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 in …

Winner of Best Revival at the Olivier Awards 2024Winner of Best Play Revival at the Whats On Stage Awards 2024Can you imagine if it was possible to completely change the way you live your life? To lo …

Winner of Best Revival at the Olivier Awards 2024Winner of Best Play Revival at the Whats On Stage Awards 2024Can you imagine if it was possible to completely change the way you live your life? To lo …