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The Proposal
Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
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Original version: 1889

The Proposal

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine
Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

Ivan Vasilievich Lomov wants to propose to his neighbour's daughter, Natalya Stepanovna. The only trouble is, they're both supremely argumentative...

Written in 1888 and premiered the following year, The Proposal is subtitled 'A farce in one act', and is a brilliantly funny example of what Chekhov called his 'vaudevilles'.

This translation by Chekhov expert Stephen Mulrine is published in the collection Chekhov: Shorts.

Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

Also by Anton Chekhov:

The Cherry Orchard
On the Evils of Tobacco
Chekhov: Four Plays
Three Sisters
The Cherry Orchard
The Wedding
Ivanov
Uncle Vanya
Three Sisters
The Bear
Seagull
Chekhov: Shorts
Uncle Vanya
Three Sisters
Ivanov
Chekhov's Three Sisters and Woolf's Orlando
A Tragic Figure
The Seagull
Three Sisters
The Seagull
Swansong
Chekhov on Theatre
Uncle Vanya
Three Sisters
Three Sisters
The Cherry Orchard

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Also by Stephen Mulrine:

The Marriage of Figaro
The Wild Duck
Uncle Vanya
The Servant of Two Masters
The Cherry Orchard
Chekhov: Four Plays
Summerfolk
The Dance of Death
Ibsen: Three Plays
A Tragic Figure
The Misanthrope
The Government Inspector
Ghosts
Six Characters in Search of an Author
The Seagull
Chekhov: Shorts
Swansong
Three Sisters
On the Evils of Tobacco
Chekhov on Theatre
John Gabriel Borkman
The Bear
Ivanov
Children of the Sun
The Game Of Love And Chance
The Wedding
Cinzano & Smirnova's Birthday
An Enemy of the People

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