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The Bear
Series: NHB Classic Plays
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
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Original version: 1888

The Bear

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine
Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
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When Yelena Popova, a reclusive young widow in mourning for her late husband, receives a visit from the irascible Smirnov demanding payment of her husband's debts, things take a surprisingly romantic turn...

The Bear, a one-act comic play or 'vaudeville', was an instant hit when it premiered in Moscow in 1888. This translation by Chekhov expert Stephen Mulrine is published in the collection Chekhov: Shorts.

Series: NHB Classic Plays
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
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Also by Anton Chekhov:

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

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Also by Stephen Mulrine:

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

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