{"product_id":"9780060928759","title":"The Plays of Anton Chekhov","description":" \u003cp\u003eThese critically hailed translations of \u003ci\u003eThe Seagull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e and the other Chekhov plays are the only ones in English by a Russian-language scholar who is also a veteran Chekhovian actor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithout compromising the spirit of the text, Paul Schmidt accurately translates Chekhov's entire theatrical canon, rescuing the humor \"lost\" in most academic translations while respecting the historical context and original social climate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSchmidt's translations of  Chekhov have been successfully staged all over the U.S. by such theatrical directors as Lee Strasberg, Elizabeth Swados, Peter Sellars and Robert Wilson. Critics have hailed these translations as making Chekhov fully accessible to American audiences. They are also accurate — Schmidt has been described as \"the gold standard in Russian-English translation\" by Michael  Holquist of the Russian department at Yale University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Biography: Paul Schmidt , a translator, playwright, and actor, has been involved in the theater for years as a writer, scholar, and performer.  He taught  for several years at the University of Texas at Austin and is the translator of \u003ci\u003eArthur Rimbaud: Complete Works \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e The Collected Works of Velimir Khlebnikov\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eMeyerhold at Work.\u003c\/i\u003e  He is also the author of two poetry: \u003ci\u003eNight Life\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWinter Solstice\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47010002075888,"sku":"9780060928759","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780060928759_p0.jpg?v=1763620482","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060928759","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}