Product Description

An original six-hour work by Chekhov, brilliantly distilled into a three-hour play by David Hare. 'What Platonov does have, in its very wildness, is a sort of feverish ambition, a desire, almost, to put the whole of Russia on the stage, while at the same time focussing comically on one of its most sophisticated victims.' Platonov, in David Hare's translation, will premiere at the Almeida Theatre in 2001.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #715310 in Books
• Published on: 2001-09-03
• Original language: Russian
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Review
"Once again, we are shown a great writer who is funnier, more exuberant, and more wildly romantic than anyone expects as "Hare . . . demonstrates why Chekhov is one of theatre's great dramatists"--Michael Billington, "The Guardian"