Three Plays After - The Yalta Game, the Bear, Afterplay

Brian Friel explores the most Chekhovian of themes in his three new works inspired by the great Russian dramatist: the absurd realm which lies between perpetual hope and a penchant for self-destruction. Whether exploring the loneliness of an unhappy marriage (in The Yalta Game, based on Chekhov's story The Lady with the Lapdog), or imagining the bittersweet meeting of Sonya (Uncle Vanya's niece) and Andrei (the brother of a certain three sisters) in a new work inspired by characters from two Chekhov plays, Friel shows his own masterful range.

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Brian Friel

Product details

• Authors: Brain Friel, Brian Friel
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3PL
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.12.2003
• EAN: 9780571217618
• ISBN: 978-0-571-21761-8
• No. of pages: 124
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 167 g
• Series: Faber Plays; Faber Plays
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature