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Ivanov (Hare)

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  5w, 6m

Adapted by David Hare

"Punchy text [with] ... many very funny moments and a few extraordinarily moving ones." - N.Y. Times

"Hare's adaptation is strong in the fresh fluency of the dialogue. It's good to have a real playwright at the helm of a translation…

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    5w, 6m

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Summary
Kevin Kline starred at New York's Lincoln Center as the disillusioned Russian estate owner in this distinctive adaptation of Chekhov's first full length play.

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"Punchy text [with] ... many very funny moments and a few extraordinarily moving ones." - N.Y. Times

"Hare's adaptation is strong in the fresh fluency of the dialogue. It's good to have a real playwright at the helm of a translation, and one who pulls no punches in its delineation of Russian anti Semitism and in the characterizations." - N.Y. Post.

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David Hare

David Hare has been called "one of the great post-war British playwrights." Along with co-founding Portable Theatre Company and Joint Stock Theatre Group, he served as Resident Dramatist at the Royal Court Theatre in London and Resident Dramatist at the Nottingham Playhouse. ...
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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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