Three Days in the Country
by Patrick Marber, Ivan Turgenev

Name: Three Days in the Country
Brand: Patrick Marber
SKU: 9780571327706
Rating: 4.21 (1 reviews)

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Highlights

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Large Cast

Female

Male

120 mins19th CenturyEnsemble CastPeriod CostumesBritish Adaptation Historical Comedy

Awards & Recognition

Drama Critics Circle

Winner! 2019 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Adaptation

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the modern adaptation of Chekhov's work and highlight the humor and emotional depth in the dialogue. Many find the overall experience at the National Theatre to be impressive, often noting their desire to revisit the play through its script.

Brilliant modern adaptationSpot on everyday humorRaw emotion in dialogueNone, highly praised overall

Synopsis

A handsome new tutor brings reckless, romantic desire to an eccentric household.

Over three days one summer the young and the old will learn lessons in love: first love and forbidden love, maternal love and platonic love, ridiculous love and last love.

The love left unsaid and the love which must out.

Inspired by Ivan Turgenev's passionate, moving comedy A Month in the Country , Patrick Marber's Three Days in the Country premiered at the National Theatre, London, in July 2015.

Press Reviews

"Astonishing… painful and potent as a glass of neat, chilled vodka, downed in one."
— TimeOut London

"Patrick Marber turns out another gem."
— The Telegraph

"A young tutor sets hearts aflutter in Patrick Marber’s witty, elegant and mercifully truncated update of Turgenev... [Marber] must take a bow. For it is an evening where the wit of the dialogue captivates. And, as in an elegant dance, the play keeps turning on its own heel, moving between comedy and anguish, reminding us of love as an impractical joke."
— The Guardian

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
ARKADY A rich landowner, forties	—	—	A rich landowner, forties
NATALYA His wife	female	—	His wife
KOLYA Their son, ten	male	—	Their son, ten
VERA Their ward, seventeen	—	—	Their ward, seventeen
ANNA Arkady’s mother, sixties	female	—	Arkady’s mother, sixties
LIZAVETA Anna’s companion, around fifty	—	—	Anna’s companion, around fifty
RAKITIN A friend of the family, forties	—	—	A friend of the family, forties
SCHAAF A German tutor	—	—	A German tutor
BELYAEV Kolya’s new tutor, twenties	—	—	Kolya’s new tutor, twenties
SHPIGELSKY A doctor	—	—	A doctor
BOLSHINTSOV A rich neighbor	—	—	A rich neighbor
MATVEY A servant	—	—	A servant
KATYA A maidservant	female	—	A maidservant