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The Seagull (Paperback)
Jean-Claude Van Itallie; Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
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R315
Discovery Miles 3 150
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Uncle Vanya (Paperback)
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Dario Fo; Translated by Vlada Chernomordik
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R419
Discovery Miles 4 190
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Dramatic Comedy / Characters: 5 male, 4 female
Scenery: Interior/Exterior
This classic imparts an indelible picture of Chekhov's Russia
and of his rich, bittersweet and deeply human characters.
"Blessedly free both of Slavisms and of up-to-date
colloquialisms." -New York Times
"Simply wonderful." -Boston Globe"Mamet's adaptation is true and
faithful to the Russian master in both tone and content." -Cape Cod
Times
The Cherry Orchard is the story of a mortgage, with the grounds and
beautiful trees of the proud landowners going for sale at a public
auction to pay off their debts to the boorish son of a peasant who
has risen in the world. Mme Ranyevskayas family departs to take up
their lives anew, leaving the old and forgotten Firs to die alone
as the woodsmens axes thud ironically against the cherished trees.
In this, his third adaptation of a Chekhov play, Pulitzer
Prize-winning author David Mamet offers a contemporary, highly
accessible version of Chekhov's The Three Sisters. Working from a
literal translation by Vlada Chernomordik, Mamet has rediscovered
the characteristically modern chords in this powerful play and
breathes new life into a timeless classic. This is Chekhov rendered
in direct, colloquial language marked by Mamet's finely tuned ear
for dialogue.
The play focuses on the lives of three sisters, Olga, Masha, and
Irina, young women of the Russian gentry who try to fill their days
in order to construct a life that feels meaningful while surrounded
by an array of military men, servants, husbands, suitors, and
lovers, all of whom constitute a distraction from the passage of
time and from the sisters' desire to return to their beloved
Moscow.
"Mamet's ear is famously impeccable, the dialogue is always
authentic and convincing.... This adaptation] will help to
undermine our silly critical notions of 'definitive' Chekhov. Mamet
has made me rethink the play," said Robert Brustein in The New
Republic of Mamet's adaptation of The Cherry Orchard. And the
Chicago-Sun Times called it "audacious, consistently arresting."
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Platonov (Paperback, Main)
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov; Adapted by David Hare; Translated by David Hare
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R365
Discovery Miles 3 650
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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In 1997, the celebrated contemporary playwright David Hare adapted a little-known play called Ivanov, and in doing so revealed the young Chekhov as a markedly different writer from the one English-speaking audiences were familiar with. Now Hare has produced a streamlined new version of Chekhov's freshman drama Platonov, an abandoned seven-hour manuscript in which Chekhov recasts Don Juan as a Russian schoolmaster. Again, we encounter a great writer who is funnier, more exuberant, and more wildly romantic than anyone expected.
Drama / Characters: 9 male, 6 female
Scenery 2 Interiors / 1 Exterior
This poignant story of three provincial sisters who long with
all their hearts to go to Moscow is classic theatre which has
featured many of the world's great actresses and actors in the
roles of Olga, Masha, Irina and Vershinin.
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R41
Discovery Miles 410
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