From short stories by Anton Chekhov
When it is time to see what the humanity has become, how will we know it? Will we know it by how we behave with our spouses?
How we treat the dogs of others? How we cope with jealousy? So many ways to approach these dilemmas, so many stories of how.
Perhaps there is one thing that unites all people - the need to tell their stories. That, and the fact that all people sneeze.
Rifling through the pages of Chekhov's short stories, we look in on people of all backgrounds as they get on with the daily business
of eating, drinking, laughing, crying, living, and dying, with Chekhov as our guide through their world.
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Instead of one of the classic plays, like The Seagull or The Three Sisters, Shafran takes on the task of adapting several of his short stories into an evening of short plays. She emphasizes that aspect of the parable, distilling most of the stories down to simple but impactful moments of moral clarity or confusion.
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It’s an ambitious, fascinating project that requires bringing the words of Chekhov’s omniscient narrator to the stage. It’s deftly done here. And Shafran, who also directs, has elicited fine performances from an impressive acting ensemble...
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