The Cherry Orchard

This collection includes Chekhov's finest plays: "The Seagull," "Uncle Vanya," "Three Sisters," and "The Cherry Orchard." The greatest strength of all Chekhov's plays, and his innovation, was that he pioneered the exploration of the smallest details of everyday life. He described everyday life, and it is through this that the reader learns about the characters' thoughts and feelings. The apparent absence of action conceals the intense psychological lives of his characters. "Let everything on stage be as complex and yet as simple as in life. People dine, only dine, and during this time their happiness is formed and their lives are shattered"—those are Chekhov's own words. One can endlessly reread Chekhov's plays, each time discovering something new. Directors around the world turn to his plays in search of new content and new forms.