16 Jun 2016Size: 215mm x 135mm£19.99
Neva
English/Spanish billingual edition
Paperback £19.99
A politically charged, haunting interrogation of theatre and the revolutionary impulse. This bilingual edition includes the play in its original Spanish as well as Andrea Thorne's English-language translation.
It is the winter of 1905, and three actors, including Anton Chekhov’s widow, the actress Olga Knipper, gather in a dimly-lit rehearsal room in St Petersburg to rehearse scenes from The Cherry Orchard as Russia faces an impending revolution.
Neva is a savage examination of the relationship between theatre and historical context. It received its English-language premiere at The Public Theater in New York in 2013, directed by the author.
'The Chilean-born writer and director Guillermo Calderón is an authentic genius of the theater' The New Yorker
'starkly elegant...Calderón's drama is Chekhovian in the best sense.'
Village Voice'Neva's neobrutalist punch demonstrates... the enduring power of art.'
Time Out New York16 Jun 2016Size: 215mm x 135mm£19.99