"As time passes," writes John Gassner, "one name among the post-Ibsen dramatists leads all the rest." That one is Anton Chekhov, whose major plays are presented here in the remarkably sensitive and skillful translations of Stark Young.  For their penetrating revelation of character, for their sharp and poignant situations and for their compassionate understanding, these plays embody the method and the spirit that have made Chekhov world -famous. His ability to convert commonplace events into universal experience, his pervasive humor and his unfailing insight make him not only one of the greatest of dramatists, but also one of the most revered.