Country Scandal (Platonov) (eBook)

ANTON CHEKHOV (Autor)

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2016
128 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-81464-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Set in a small Russian town during the 1870s, this 20-character farce centers on a schoolteacher's romantic entanglements. Chekhov's first play holds the key to many themes revisited in his later dramas.

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A Russian version of Don Juan is the focus of Chekhov's first play, a farce in which a newly arrived schoolmaster proves irresistible to the bored women of a provincial community. Platonov's charm lies in his novelty, and his seductions are strictly passive as a libidinous widow, her idealistic stepdaughter, and an earnest student vie for his romantic attentions. Discovered in 1923, two decades after Chekhov's death, this play was written while the author was still a medical student. Adapted and translated by Alex Szogyi, it offers the trenchant wit and rich characterizations typical of the dramatist's later works. Woven amid the love affairs, suicide attempts, parties, and shootings are the customary themes of Chekhovian theater: the passions and frailties of human nature, the futility of the search for happiness, and the alternating episodes of comedy and tragedy that shape every life.

Autor

Next to Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) is the most popular playwright in the English-speaking world. The Russian physician also wrote a series of remarkable short stories, in which he pioneered the stream-of-consciousness narrative technique.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.7.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Thrift Editions
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Thrift Editions: Plays
• Übersetzer: Alex Szogyi
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 130 x 130 mm
• Gewicht: 227 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
• Schlagworte: Beauty • betrayal • Chekhov Plays • Chekhov's First Play • classics • comedy and tragedy • comedy, Russian Drama • Divorce • dramatic • engaging • Fiction • historical fiction • Humor • Jealousy • libidinous widow • live arts • Live Entertainment • lively • Love • love affairs • Melodrama • modern drama • Page Turner • Parties • passions and frailties of human nature • platonov • relationships • Romance • russian lit • Russian Literature • seductions • Shootings • suicide attempts • suspenseful • Theater • Theatre • theatrical plays • themes of chekhovian theater • Tragedy
• ISBN-10: 0-486-81464-5 / 0486814645
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-81464-3 / 9780486814643