Adapt Or Die: Plays New and UsedPlaywrights Canada Press, 2006 - 220 pages The murder of a wealthy landowner leads to the arrest of his eldest son. A grieving widow matches wits with her late husband's aggressive creditor. Family loyalties are severely tested over the fate of a beloved summer home. Factory workers kill a hated boss and connive to hide the killer. The Brothers Karamazov captures the spirit, scope and dark humour of the Dostoevsky novel. Gorky's unknown gem Enemies and Chekhov's bright farce The Bear are given vibrant, contemporary language. Joining these three adaptations is an entirely new play, After the Orchard, inspired by Chekhov's last play and placed in contemporary Ontario cottage country. No matter the setting, Russian never sounded so good. Includes: THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV, from the novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Constance Garnett translation) THE BEAR, a new version of the vaudeville by Anton Chekhov ENEMIES, an adaptation of the play by Maxim Gorky AFTER THE ORCHARD, a new play inspired by Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard |
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... CAROLINE Jeremy ? Dinner . JEREMY I'm not hungry . CAROLINE Jeremy . That's fine , but you can come sit at the table with the rest of us .... JEREMY heads in , very suddenly . TRISH See you , Jeremy . JEREMY gives her a wave ...
... CAROLINE Jeremy ? Dinner . JEREMY I'm not hungry . CAROLINE Jeremy . That's fine , but you can come sit at the table with the rest of us .... JEREMY heads in , very suddenly . TRISH See you , Jeremy . JEREMY gives her a wave ...
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... CAROLINE Jeremy . MORRIS That's right . And they always seem so sad . CAROLINE Jeremy , why don't you show Morris those pictures from London ? MORRIS London ? Wonderful . Haven't been there in twenty years . More . CAROLINE They're in ...
... CAROLINE Jeremy . MORRIS That's right . And they always seem so sad . CAROLINE Jeremy , why don't you show Morris those pictures from London ? MORRIS London ? Wonderful . Haven't been there in twenty years . More . CAROLINE They're in ...
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... ( CAROLINE dabs at her eyes . ) It's very difficult . Maybe you won't believe this , but when I first came into your ... CAROLINE Was that it ? ROSE and DONNA enter . ROSE Hello , my children , can I sit with you ? CAROLINE Of course , of ...
... ( CAROLINE dabs at her eyes . ) It's very difficult . Maybe you won't believe this , but when I first came into your ... CAROLINE Was that it ? ROSE and DONNA enter . ROSE Hello , my children , can I sit with you ? CAROLINE Of course , of ...
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AGRAFENA Alexei alright ALYOSHA ANDREW Anton Chekhov Anyway beat believe better BOBOYEDOV brother BROTHERS KARAMAZOV CAROLINE CAROLINE MORRIS Chermashnya CLEOPATRA coffee DAVID DMITRY DONNA enters everything Father Zossima FAYE feel FENYA forgive fucking funny Fyodor Karamazov goes going Goodbye GREKOV GRIGORY GRUSHENKA hands happened heard HOHLAKOV idiot IVAN JACK Jason Sherman JEREMY KARAMAZOV KATE KATERINA Katya kids kill KIRILLOVITCH kiss KLATCH knew lady laughing leave LEVSHIN LISE listen look LUKA mean MIKHAIL mind Mitya MORRIS mother murder NADYA never nice NIKOLAI PAISSY PAULINA Pause play POLICE CAPTAIN POLOGGY POPOVA remember RIBITSOV rubles SASHA SINTSOV Skepian SMERDYAKOV SMIRNOFF someone sorry stop talk TATANYA tell there's things thought three thousand told tomorrow TRIFON TRISH upset VRUBLEVSKY wait walk weeping What's Who's woman YAGUDIN YAKOV Yeah ZAKHAR