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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Stella Adler examines the role of the actor and brings to life the plays from which all modern theater derives: Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder, An Enemy of the People, and A Doll's House; Strindberg's Miss Julie and The Father; Chekhov's The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, The Cherry Orchard, and Three Sisters. Adler discusses the ideas behind these plays and explores the world of the playwrights and the history - both familial and cultural - that...
104) "I take your hand in mine--": a play suggested by the love letters of Anton Chekhov and Olga Knipper
Author
Publisher
Smith and Kraus
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Ecco Press
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
The 1899-1904 correspondence between the great Russian playwright and his leading lady, lover, and future wife reveal moods as kaleidoscopic as those portrayed in Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard. Even after his early death from tuberculosis--with a theatrical final glass of champagne, Olga wrote imaginary letters to Anton at the onset of her 55 years of widowhood. No index. c. Book News Inc.
106) The cherry orchard
Author
Publisher
Dramatists Play Service
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
"The play takes place on the grounds of Lyubov Andreyevna Ranevskaya's estate, somewhere in the provinces of Russia. Lopakhin, a sometime peasant who has become a wealthy businessman, and Dunyasha, the maid, are waiting for Lyubov. She has been away from home a long time, living in Paris with her lover. When she arrives with her daughter, Anya, she is welcomed by her brother, Gayev, and other family, friends, staff and neighbors. Lyubov and Gayev...
109) Vanya on 42nd Street
Series
Criterion collection ; 599
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A group of actors meet to rehearse Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and find the same conflicts in their own lives as are dealt with in the play.
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