Chekhov In Yalta
by John Driver, Jeffrey Haddow

Name: Chekhov In Yalta
Brand: John Driver
SKU: 9780573601293
Rating: 4 (4 reviews)

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Highlights

Medium Cast

Female

Male

120 mins 1900-1910 Interior Set Period Costumes American Comedy

Awards & Recognition

Drama Critics Circle

Winner! Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for Distinguished Playwrighting Winner! American Theatre Critics Citation

Synopsis

Comedy / 7m, 4f / 1 Set Confined in is villa at Yalta by illness in April of 1900, Chekhov receives a delightful visit by the Moscow Art Theatre.

They have embarked on a provincial tour with the express purpose of persuading Chekhov to give them his latest play.

Noteworthy characters include Stanislavski, Valdmir Nemirovich Danchenko, Gorky, Ivan Bunin and actress Olga Knipper who Chekhov, a confirmed bachelor, contemplates marrying even as he acknowledges his advancing consumption.

The play is criss crossed with amorous triangles, battles of ego, high spirits and melancholic languor reminiscent of Chekhov's work.

Winner of several prestigious awards including a Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for Distinguished Playwrighting and an American Theatre Critics Citation.

"A truly Chekhovian comedy filled with wit, style, and passion."

- L.A.

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Press Reviews

"A truly Chekhovian comedy filled with wit, style, and passion."
— Los Angeles Star News

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Fyokla 21. Chekhov’s maid.	—	21	21. Chekhov’s maid.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 40. Writer and doctor.	—	40	40. Writer and doctor.
Maxim Gorky 30. Writer of the people. Living in Yalta to treat his consumption.	male	30	30. Writer of the people. Living in Yalta to treat his consumption.
Ivan Alexeivich Bunin 31. Popular writer of aristocratic descent. Summering in Yalta.	—	31	31. Popular writer of aristocratic descent. Summering in Yalta.
Olga Leonardovna Knipper 30s. Leading lady of the Moscow Art Theatre.	female	30s	30s. Leading lady of the Moscow Art Theatre.
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko 39. Co-director and business manager of the Moscow Art Theatre.	—	39	39. Co-director and business manager of the Moscow Art Theatre.
Luzhki Mid-thirties. Fat, sentimental actor of the Moscow Art Theatre.	—	—	Mid-thirties. Fat, sentimental actor of the Moscow Art Theatre.
Moskvin Late twenties. Young, acrobatic character man with the Moscow Art Theatre.	—	—	Late twenties. Young, acrobatic character man with the Moscow Art Theatre.
Lilina Stanislavski 31. A delicate beauty and wife of Stanislavski Ingenue and costume designer for the Moscow Art Theatre.	female	31	31. A delicate beauty and wife of Stanislavski Ingenue and costume designer for the Moscow Art Theatre.
Konstantin Sergeievich Stanislavski 37. Co-director and artistic force behind the Moscow Art Theatre.	—	37	37. Co-director and artistic force behind the Moscow Art Theatre.
Masha Chekhov 30s. Anton’s unmarried sister and housekeeper.	female	30s	30s. Anton’s unmarried sister and housekeeper.