Uncle Vanya is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1897 and received its Moscow premiere in 1899 in a production by the Moscow Art Theatre, under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski. The play portrays the visit of an elderly professor and his glamorous, much younger second wife, Yelena, to the rural estate that supports their urban lifestyle. Two friends, Vanya, brother of the Professor's late first wife, who has long managed the estate, and Astrov, the local Doctor, both fall under Yelena's spell, while bemoaning the ennui of their provincial...

Three Sisters is a play by the Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov, perhaps partially inspired by the situation of the three Bronte sisters. It was written in 1900 and first performed in 1901 at the Moscow Art Theatre. Three Sisters is a naturalistic play about the decay of the privileged class in Russia and the search for meaning in the modern world. It describes the lives and aspirations of the Prozorov family, the three sisters (Olga, Masha, and Irina) and their brother Andrei. They are a family dissatisfied and frustrated with their present existence."

Ivanov is a four-act drama by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first performed in 1887. Despite the success of its first performance, the production disgusted Chekhov himself. Irritated by this failure, Chekhov made alterations to the play. The re-write was a success and offered a foretaste for the style and themes of his subsequent masterpieces

Anton Chekhov found fame as a leading playwright and short story writer. This volume collects four of his shorter, more light-hearted works, which offer a new perspective on Chekhov's output.