Three Plays After: The Yalta Game, the Bear, Afterplay

by Brian Friel

Book Overview

Brian Friel explores the most Chekhovian of themes in his three new works inspired by the great Russian dramatist: the absurd realm which lies between perpetual hope and a penchant for self-destruction. Whether exploring the loneliness of an unhappy marriage (in The Yalta Game , based on Chekhov's story The Lady with the Lapdog ), or imagining the bittersweet meeting of Sonya (Uncle Vanya's niece) and Andrei (the brother of a certain three sisters) in a new work inspired by characters from two Chekhov plays, Friel shows his own masterful range.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571217613
• ISBN13: 9780571217618
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 7.6"