{"product_id":"9780413774712","title":"Uncle Vanya: Methuen Student Editio","description":"Author: Chekhov,Anton\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780413774712\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Aug 2006\u003cbr\u003ePages: 176 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A masterpiece of Russian drama, now in a student edition. 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 century Russia, Uncle Vanya is in part a study of the enervation of Russian middle-class provincial life. The major dynamics between the characters themselves are centred on two obsessive love affairs that lead nowhere and a flirtation that brings disaster. ''Mixing the tragic and the absurd and dealing with a form that allows for ambiguity and contradiction, Uncle Vanya has been deemed the first modernist play.'' (David Lan) ''It is the element of might-have-been in Chekhov''s characters that makes their sense of waste so tragic ... I know of no more moving climax in world drama.'' Guardian\u003cbr\u003eDefinitive translation by acclaimed playwright Michael Frayn. Methuen Student Editions are expertly annotated texts of a wide range of plays. Contains the complete text of the play, the volume contains a chronology of the playwright''s life and work; an introduction giving the background to the play; a discussion of various interpretations; and notes on individual words and phrases in the text.'","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46616108990622,"sku":"UBD-9780413774712","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780413774712.jpg?v=1773809312","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780413774712","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}