Dramatist Motti Lerner delineates what the role of the playwright is throughout history and in modern drama in this book that serves as a useful playwriting primer on structure and aeshthetics. With an introduction by Professor Gad Kaynar of Tel Aviv University.

ACCORDING TO CHEKHOV is a playful, incisive analysis of Anton Chekhov's masterful work UNCLE VANYA as interpreted by contemporary playwright Motti Lerner (in translation by Lior Yatsiv). A welcome addition to studies of Chekhov's drama and a useful book on playwriting, dramatic structure, and script analysis.