TextsSenelick, Laurence, trans., Anton Chekhov: The Complete Plays. New York: Norton, 2006. The fullest translation of Chekhov's dramatic work, including the dramatic sketches and vaudevilles.
CriticismBrustein, Robert, The Theatre of Revolt (1964). Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1991. Powerful, readable study of Chekhov in relation to other innovators of modern drama.
Gilman, Richard, Chekhov's Plays: An Opening into Eternity. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995. Insightful discussions of the major plays.
Gottlieb, Vera, Chekhov and the Vaudeville. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. Definitive analysis of the short plays.
Gottlieb, Vera, and Allain, Paul, eds., The Cambridge Companion to Chekhov. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Contains essays on Chekhov's drama by scholars, directors, and actors.
Magarshack, David, Chekhov the Dramatist. New York: Hill and Wang, 1960. Pioneering study of Chekhov as a playwright of “indirect action.”
Senelick, Laurence, The Chekhov Theatre: A Century of the Plays in Performance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Magisterial survey of Chekhov performance history.
Senelick, Laurence, trans. and ed., Anton Chekhov's Selected Plays. New York: Norton, 2005. Incorporates Chekhov's letters relating to the theatre as well as a good collection of critical essays.
Styan, J. L., Chekhov in Performance: A Commentary on the Major Plays. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1971. A sensitive act-by-act reading of the plays as performance texts.