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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:

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

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Also by Stephen Mulrine:

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

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