Swansong

Swansong

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

A comic duologue about a melancholy old actor perked up by memories of past glories.

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

Also by Anton Chekhov:

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

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Also by Stephen Mulrine:

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

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