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 58
... Look , I won't say anything against you . In any case , there's no evidence against you . You didn't kill him . IVAN ... I know . SMERDYAKOV Do you ? IVAN jumps up , grabs SMERDYAKOV . IVAN Tell me everything , you pig , everything ...
... Look , I won't say anything against you . In any case , there's no evidence against you . You didn't kill him . IVAN ... I know . SMERDYAKOV Do you ? IVAN jumps up , grabs SMERDYAKOV . IVAN Tell me everything , you pig , everything ...
Page 84
... look at each other for a moment . He goes to her , hesitantly . SMIRNOFF Look . Are you still upset ? I am , too , a little , but in a different sort of - How can I explain this ? ... Look - I like you ! Do you understand ? I , oh hell ...
... look at each other for a moment . He goes to her , hesitantly . SMIRNOFF Look . Are you still upset ? I am , too , a little , but in a different sort of - How can I explain this ? ... Look - I like you ! Do you understand ? I , oh hell ...
Page 161
... Look , he carved his name into the back . And the date . LEN It's 40 years old — on the button . How about that ... look at it ... he left it behind , he left it for us to look at , to talk about . Sid was a strong man , you know . Right ...
... Look , he carved his name into the back . And the date . LEN It's 40 years old — on the button . How about that ... look at it ... he left it behind , he left it for us to look at , to talk about . Sid was a strong man , you know . Right ...
Common terms and phrases
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