The Cherry Orchard - Softcover

Chekhov, Anton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080213002X ISBN 13: 9780802130020

Publisher: Grove Press, 1994

Synopsis

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, in this unique adaptation of one of the great masterpieces of the theater, allows us to see Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" in totally new and surprising ways. As Mamet explains in his introduction, he views the play "as a series of scenes about sexuality and, particularly, frustrated sexuality" rather than about a dying Russia. The result, said 'The Sentinel,' "blows a gust of fresh air into the old play" while the Chicago Sun-Times called it "audacious [and] consistently arresting." "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 . . . . This is a tribute to its strong point of view and clear point of departure. If nothing else, it will help to undermine our silly critical notions of 'definitive' Chekhov. Mamet has made me rethink the play." - Robert Brustein, 'The New Republic'

About this title

Book Description:

This version of Chekhov's classic work by playwright Simon Stephens is an anguished and heartbreaking love letter to a society in violent transition.

About the Author:

Contributor Bio: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Chekhov was a playwright and master of the short story. He studied medicine at Moscow, and began to write while a student. His first book of stories in 1886 was successful, and gradually adopted writing as a profession.

Contributor Bio: David Mamet
Mamet is the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author and Director of numerous Plays and Films.

About this edition

• Publisher: Grove Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 080213002X
• ISBN 13: 9780802130020
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 91