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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Page 189
... ROSE and DONNA enter . ROSE Hello , my children , can I sit with you ? CAROLINE Of course , of course . You know , I cannot get over your hair . I just love what they did with it . ROSE For what they charged ... CAROLINE Please , it was ...
... ROSE and DONNA enter . ROSE Hello , my children , can I sit with you ? CAROLINE Of course , of course . You know , I cannot get over your hair . I just love what they did with it . ROSE For what they charged ... CAROLINE Please , it was ...
Page 195
... ROSE Brr , thank you , it's so chilly all of a sudden . CAROLINE Let me help you . ( helps ROSE with the sweater ) David , there's a phone call for you . Los Angeles . DAVID ROSE Thanks . DAVID helps FAYE to her seat , then goes . I'm ...
... ROSE Brr , thank you , it's so chilly all of a sudden . CAROLINE Let me help you . ( helps ROSE with the sweater ) David , there's a phone call for you . Los Angeles . DAVID ROSE Thanks . DAVID helps FAYE to her seat , then goes . I'm ...
Page 209
... ROSE It went , it went . LEN Someone needs to say something . go , Rose ? ROSE You do it , Len . SASHA Uh oh . LEN Well . ( sings ) “ Hail , hail , the gang's all here ! What the heck do we care ? What the heck do we care ? " Other ...
... ROSE It went , it went . LEN Someone needs to say something . go , Rose ? ROSE You do it , Len . SASHA Uh oh . LEN Well . ( sings ) “ Hail , hail , the gang's all here ! What the heck do we care ? What the heck do we care ? " Other ...
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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