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

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Also by Stephen Mulrine:

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

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