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 89
... someone's head in , hm ? Well , then , we're no better than the - you know - the thief himself , if it comes to that . AGRAFENA So what ? At least then we've still got our cucumbers . POLOGGY And what about the law ? Justice ? Etc ...
... someone's head in , hm ? Well , then , we're no better than the - you know - the thief himself , if it comes to that . AGRAFENA So what ? At least then we've still got our cucumbers . POLOGGY And what about the law ? Justice ? Etc ...
Page 111
... someone's just shot Mikhail— Mr Skrubitov . ZAKHAR What ? PAULINA Shot ? POLOGGY Yes , killed him . The workers surrounded him and Mikhail he kicked one of them and then someone , I don't know who , stepped forward , put a gun to his ...
... someone's just shot Mikhail— Mr Skrubitov . ZAKHAR What ? PAULINA Shot ? POLOGGY Yes , killed him . The workers surrounded him and Mikhail he kicked one of them and then someone , I don't know who , stepped forward , put a gun to his ...
Page 209
... 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 begin to join in until everyone ...
... 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 begin to join in until everyone ...
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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