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The Bear

A one-act comic play about a reclusive young widow whose life takes a surprisingly romantic turn.

Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

    The Proposal

    A brilliantly funny one-act play about a hypochondriac attempting to propose to an argumentative young woman.

    Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

      A Tragic Figure

      A comic duologue about a civil servant sweltering in Moscow coping with the incessant demands of his family from their summer dacha.

      Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

        On the Evils of Tobacco

        A bittersweet monologue in which a scientific lecture is hijacked by thoughts of domestic misery.

        Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

          The Wedding

          A one-act play by Chekhov in a translation by Chekhov expert Stephen Mulrine.

          Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

            Swansong

            A comic duologue about a melancholy old actor perked up by memories of past glories.

            Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

              Fabulation

              In Fabulation, playwright Lynn Nottage reimagines Esther (the character from her companion play, Intimate Apparel) as Undine, the public relations diva of today, who spirals downward from her swanky Manhattan office to her roots back in Brooklyn.

                The Shipment

                The Shipment is a provocative look at African-American identity in today's not-quite post-racial society.

                  Lear

                  Young Jean Lee's Lear is an alternative re-working of Shakespeare's celebrated tragedy, focusing on the king's three daughters.

                    The Middlemarch Trilogy: Dorothea's Story

                    Part of The Middlemarch Trilogy, adapted from George Eliot's novel by Geoffrey Beevers. Three interconnected plays, telling the story of Middlemarch from the perspective of a different set of characters: from county, town and countryside.

                    Published in volume The Middlemarch Trilogy

                      The Middlemarch Trilogy: The Doctor's Story

                      Part of The Middlemarch Trilogy, adapted from George Eliot's novel by Geoffrey Beevers. Three interconnected plays, telling the story of Middlemarch from the perspective of a different set of characters: from county, town and countryside.

                      Published in volume The Middlemarch Trilogy

                        The Middlemarch Trilogy: Fred and Mary's Story

                        Part of The Middlemarch Trilogy, adapted from George Eliot's novel by Geoffrey Beevers. Three interconnected plays, telling the story of Middlemarch from the perspective of a different set of characters: from county, town and countryside.

                        Published in volume The Middlemarch Trilogy

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