A Dopey Fairy Tale
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Play Description
A spoof fairy tale about a boy and his talking dog, Chatter, who go on a magical journey to recover his lost talent.
Production Info
Cast: 11 total (3 female, 8 male)Short Comedy (about 25 minutes)
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Contemporary Costumes
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“Take seven contemporary American playwrights with highly distinctive voices and wildly differing approaches to the theater. Ask each to adapt one of Anton Chekhov’s short stories, which range in mood from the melancholic to the satiric — and back again … the results are incomparably delicious … when ORCHARDS is good — which is most of the time — it is very, very good, indeed …” —Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times
“The notion of asking seven contemporary playwrights to produce variations on themes by Anton Chekhov seems at first like asking for combination-platter theater … All of the playwrights use Chekhov short stories for a springboard — but some have jumped so far into the deep end that it would be more accurate to say that they maybe looked at his picture while they were writing … Whether you pick from Column A or Column B, ORCHARDS offers a superior menu.” —Megan Rosenfeld, The Washington Post
Author(s)
Anton ChekhovWidely considered one of the world's greatest writers, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born on January 29, 1860, in Taganrog, Russia. In 1879 he entered the University of Moscow to study medicine and graduated in 1884. He kept a strict writing schedule and continued to practice medicine for the rest of his life. In addition to his numerous short stories, many considered masterpieces of the form, Chekhov wrote over a dozen plays, among them the classics of Western dramatic literature UNCLE VANYA, THE CHERRY ORCHARD, THE THREE SISTERS, and THE SEAGULL.
Michael WellerMichael Weller was born in New York City in 1943 and resides in Brooklyn. He is best known for his plays MOONCHILDREN (1971), LOOSE ENDS (1979), and SPOILS OF WAR (1988). MOONCHILDREN earned Weller the 1972 Drama Desk Award for Most Promising Playwright. Weller is one of the founders of the Cherry Lane Theatre's Mentor Project.
Book Information
| Publisher | BPPI |
|---|---|
| Publication Date | 1/1/1988 |
| Pages | 96 |
| ISBN | 9780881450552 |
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