The Yalta game; The bear; Afterplay : three plays /
"THE YALTA GAME. developed from a theme in Chekhov's 1899 story 'The Lady with the Dog.' Two strangers meet on holiday and almost manage to convince one another that disappointments are 'merely the postponement of the complete happiness to come...' (1 man, 1 woman). THE...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Dramatists Play Service, Inc.,
[2019]
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| Summary: | "THE YALTA GAME. developed from a theme in Chekhov's 1899 story 'The Lady with the Dog.' Two strangers meet on holiday and almost manage to convince one another that disappointments are 'merely the postponement of the complete happiness to come...' (1 man, 1 woman). THE BEAR. 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 manservant, tries in vain to snap her out of it. Then Gregory Smirnov barges in... (2 men, 1 woman). AFTERPLAY. 1920s Moscow, a small, run-down café. Uncle Vanya's niece, Sonya Serebriakova, now in her forties, is the only customer. Until the arraival of the Three Sisters' put-upon brother Andrey Prozorov. (1 man, 1 woman)."--Page [4] of cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 96 pages ; 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780822236924 0822236923 |