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Wild Honey

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  6w, 12m

Michael Frayn
adapted from an original play by Anton Chekhov

"The triumph of Frayn's translation/adaptation is to have taken the bones of this immature work and molded it to offer us a tantalizing glimpse of the genius to come." - London City Limits

"The world can rejoice in an "new' play by Chekh…

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    6w, 12m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce

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Summary
Frayn has transformed the young Chekhov's wild and rambling epic Platonov into a glorious and intriguing comic masterpiece that premiered at the National Theatre of Britian.

Media

"The triumph of Frayn's translation/adaptation is to have taken the bones of this immature work and molded it to offer us a tantalizing glimpse of the genius to come." - London City Limits

"The world can rejoice in an "new' play by Chekhov...a sprawling study of a provincial Don Juan whose indiscriminate love of women leads not only to their downfall but to his own." - Sunday Express, London

"Brilliant." - London Guardian

"One of the best evenings in the theater that Broadway has given us over the past few years."-New York Post

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  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Authors

Michael Frayn

Michael Frayn was born in London in 1933. He began his career as a reporter for the Guardian and later the Observer. After leaving the Observer he continued to write as a columnist as well as publishing novels and plays for television and stage.

His plays for stage include Cop ...

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Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) was a Russian playwright and author. He is considered to be one of the greatest writers of short fiction in history. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem. Chekhov practiced as a medical ...

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