Three Plays After - The Yalta Game, the Bear, Afterplay (Paperback, New Ed)

Three exquisite masterpieces from Brian Friel, based on works by Chekhov: The Bear: A Vaudeville; Afterplay (where Sonya from Uncle Vanya and Andrey from Three Sisters meet), and The Yalta Game (from a theme in Chekhov's 1899 story, 'The Lady with the Lapdog'). The Yalta Game: from a theme in Chekhov's 1899 story 'The Lady with the Lapdog' Two strangers meet on holiday and almost manage to convince one another that disappointments are 'merely the postponement of the complete happiness to come...' The Bear: A Vaudeville Elena Popova, a young and attractive widow, has immersed herself in the role of mourning for her philandering but now dead husband. Luka, her frail and ancient man-servant, tries in vain to snap her out of it. Then Smirnov barges in...Afterplay 1920s Moscow, a small run-down cafe. Uncle Vanya's niece, Sonya Serebriakova, now in her forties, is the only customer. Until the arrival of the Three Sisters' put-upon brother Andrey Prozorov. Two Plays After (Afterplay and The Bear) premiered at the Gate Theatre, Dublin, in March 2002 and Afterplay transferred to the Gielgud Theatre, London, in September 2002.

General

Imprint:	Faber And Faber Plays
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Faber Plays
Release date:	September 2002
First published:	December 2003
Authors:	Brian Friel
Original authors:	Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Dimensions:	198 x 126 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	128
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-21761-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General
LSN:	0-571-21761-3
Barcode:	9780571217618

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