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Three Plays After: The Yalta Game/the Bear After Chekhov/Afterplay (Gallery Books)
Three Plays After The Yalta Game/the Bear After Chekhov/Afterplay - Gallery Books Author:Brian Friel Brian Friel explores the most Chekhovian of themes in his three new works inspired by the great Russian dramatist: the absurd realm which lies between perpetual hope and a penchant for self-destruction. Whether exploring the loneliness of an unhappy marriage (in The Yalta Game, based on Chekhov's story The Lady with the Lapdog), or... more » imagining the bittersweet meeting of Sonya (Uncle Vanya's niece) and Andrei (the brother of a certain three sisters) in a new work inspired by characters from two Chekhov plays, Friel shows his own masterful range.« less