Tag Archives: Russian & Former Soviet Union
The Seagull
by Tom Stoppard“A play that might have been written a hundred days instead of a hundred years ago.” —New York Times
Uncle Vanya
by Anton Chekhov“An act of deconstruction designed to exhume the living energies of Chekhov’s writing from under the heavy weight of ‘masterpiece topsoil.’” –Robert Brustein, American…
Tolstoy
by Henri Troyat“This . . . biography of him is the fullest, most objective, and the liveliest . . . the story of his life reads…
The Three Sisters
by Anton Chekhov“Mamet’s ear is famously impeccable, the dialogue is always authentic and convincing. . . . [This adaptation] will help to undermine our silly critical…
The Cherry Orchard (Mamet)
by Anton Chekhov“Mamet the adaptor has turned Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard into a Mamet play. Mamet’s ear is famously impeccable, the dialogue is always authentic and convincing….
The Cherry Orchard (Stoppard)
by Anton Chekhov“A play of unbearable heartbreak—a past lost, a present bleak and a future uncertain. . . . Tom Stoppard’s clear-headed adaptation is lean and…
