60 Pages
by
Routledge
60 Pages
by
Routledge
60 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 1996. Translated from Chekhov's short plays and adapted from his stories by Vera Gottlieb, this collection consists of four one-act plays. Short though they are, each contains a whole range of dramatic possibilities and presented together the plays form a coherent programme, offering performers and audiences an intimate theatrical experience ranging from high comedy to sombre... Read more
Chapter 1 A Moscow Hamlet; Chapter 2 Swan Song (Calchas); Chapter 3 Accounts; Chapter 4 On The Harmfulness of Tobacco;
Biography
Vera Gottlieb (Goldsmiths College, University of London)
" Yes. Well now. My boredom. The second cause is that I think I'm very clever - and extraordianarily important. Entering a house, talking, keeping silent, reciting at a literary soire, stuffing myself at Testov's, whatever I do is with magnificent aplomb! If I can't utter, then I smile ironically, shrug my shoulders, interrupt. Yes. The truth is that deep down this ignorant uncultured Asiatic is actually quite content. Yet I pretend to be dissatisfied with everything. The trouble is I do it so well that sometimes I believe it myself."
