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Classical Quarterly, v. 46, June, 1996 for ‘‘Chains of Imagery in Prometheus Bound,’’ by J. M. Mossman. Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press and the author.—Commonweal, v. LVII, March 20, 1953; v. CXVI, May 5, 1989. Copyright 1953, 1989 Commonweal Publishing Co., Inc. Both reproduced by permission of Commonweal Foundation.—Modern Drama, v. XV, September, 1972; v. XXII, March, 1979. © 1972, 1979 University of Toronto, Graduate Centre for Study of Drama. Both reproduced by permission.— New York, Magazine, v. 22, March 27,1989; v. 22, April 10, 1989; v. 24, September 2, 1991; v. 27, May 2, 1994. Copyright © 1989, 1991, 1994 K-III Magazine Corporation. All rights reserved. All reproduced with the permission of New York Magazine.—The Nation, New York, v. 176, March 7, 1953; v. 228, April 7,1979; v. 246, May 21,1988;v. 248, June 12, 1989; v. 256, February 22, 1993; v. 260, May 1, 1995. Copyright 1953, 1979, 1988, 1989, 1993,1995 The Nation magazine/The Nation Company, Inc. All reproduced by permission.— The New Republic, v. CXIV, April 29, 1946; v. 115, October 21, 1946; v. 148, April 13, 1963; v. 193, October 28, 1985. Copyright 1946, 1963, 1985. All reproduced by permission of The New Republic.—The New Yorker, v. LV, April 2, 1979; v. 64, December 26, 1988. © 1979, 1988 by Mimi Kramer. All rights reserved. Both reproduced by permission.—The Saturday Review, v. 4, January 25, 1975. © 1975 General Media Communications, Inc. Reproduced by permission of Saturday Review Publications, Ltd.—Theatre History Studies, v. XV, June, 1995. Reproduced by permission.

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Aeschylus, photograph. The Library of Congress.—Brecht, Bertolt, photograph. Archive Photos, Inc. Reproduced by permission.—Chekhov, Anton, photograph. The Library of Congress.— From a movie still of Zoot Suit by Luis Valdez, Directed by Luis Valdez, with Rose Portillo as Della, Daniel Valdez as Henry Reyna, John Anderson as the Judge and Edward James Olmos as El Pachuco, 1981, Universal, Della, Henry and friends flash-back to re-create a dance before the Judge and the mythical El Pachuco, photograph. Universal. Courtesy of The Kobal Collection. Reproduced by permission.—From a movie still of Zoot Suit by Luis Valdez, Directed by Luis Valdez, with Edward James Olmos as El Pachuco, Rose Portillo as Della and Daniel Valdez as Henry Reyna, 1981, Universal, El Pachuco is sitting in the car where Della sits holding the badly beaten Henry after the brawl at Sleepy Lagoon, photograph. Universal. Courtesy of The Kobal Collection. 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Reproduced by permission.—From a theatre production of Christopher Marlowe's Edward II with Ian McKellan as Edward II and James Laurenson as Gaveston at the Picadilly Theatre, London, January 26, 1970, a homosexual love scene between Edward II and Laurenson, photograph. CORBIS/Hulton-Deutsch Collection. Reproduced by permission.—From a theatre production of Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party with John Alderton as Stanley and Paula Wilcox as Lulu at the Shaw Theatre, London, 1975, Lulu is applying makeup while Stanley in his PJ's looks on, photograph. CORBIS/Hulton-Deutsch Collection. Reproduced by permission.—From a theatre production of No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, Directed by Jeff Bell, at Performance Network, with (l-r) Wendy Wright as Inez, Troy F. Sill as Joseph Garcin and Nancy Wright as Estelle, December, 1997, photograph by Wayne M. Fager. © Wayne M. Fager. 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1. Uncle Vanya: Introduction
2. Anton Chekhov Biography
3. Summary
4. Characters
5. Themes
6. Style
7. Historical Context
8. Critical Overview
9. Essays and Criticism
10. Compare and Contrast
11. Topics for Further Study
12. Media Adaptations
13. What Do I Read Next?
14. Bibliography and Further Reading
15. Copyright

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