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Stephen Mulrine

Stephen Mulrine (1937–2020) was a Glasgow-born poet and playwright who wrote extensively for radio and television, and published many translations, including English translations of plays in Russian by Chekhov, Gogol and Gorky, as well as translations of plays by Ibsen, Molière, Pirandello, Strindberg and others.

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The Bear

The Bear

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

A one-act comic play about a reclusive young widow whose life takes a surprisingly romantic turn.

Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
    Chekhov on Theatre

    Chekhov on Theatre

    By Anton Chekhov Compiled by Jutta Hercher and Peter Urban Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    A unique collection of everything that Chekhov wrote about the theatre - including newspaper articles and letters - revealing his instinctive curiosity about the way theatre works and his concerns about how best to realise his own intentions as a playwright.

    Chekhov: Four Plays

    Chekhov: Four Plays

    By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    Anton Chekhov's four greatest plays in one volume - in sensitive, accurate and much-performed translations. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classic Collections series.

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    Chekhov: Shorts

    Chekhov: Shorts

    By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    A collection of five of Anton Chekhov’s best-known short plays, in brand new English translations.

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    The Cherry Orchard

    The Cherry Orchard

    By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    Chekhov's classic tragicomedy, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.

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    Children of the Sun

    Children of the Sun

    By Maxim Gorky Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    A Chekhovian family drama, first staged in Russia in 1905.

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    Cinzano & Smirnova's Birthday

    Cinzano & Smirnova's Birthday

    By Ludmila Petrushevskaya Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    Two linked plays from the Russian playwright dubbed the 'female Chekhov', depicting the grim reality of domestic life in Soviet Russia.

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    The Dance of Death

    The Dance of Death

    By August Strindberg Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    Strindberg's chilling anatomy of a marriage, in which the two partners duel with each other until one is utterly defeated.

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    An Enemy of the People

    An Enemy of the People

    By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    Ibsen's play about an idealistic doctor whose moral resolve is put to the test when he discovers that the waters from which his native spa town draws its wealth are dangerously contaminated.

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    The Game Of Love And Chance

    The Game Of Love And Chance

    By Pierre Marivaux Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    The best known play by one of the most performed French playwrights - a sparkling 18th-century comedy of manners. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    Ghosts

    Ghosts

    By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    An English version of Ibsen's great play, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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    The Government Inspector

    The Government Inspector

    By Nikolai Gogol Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    A classic satire of provincial bureaucracy, in an English translation by Stephen Mulrine. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.