Chekhovs At Home
PLEASE GOD, NO WEDDING OR SHOOTING AT THE END! Chekhov strives to write The Seagull, while characters from it, his own life, and Hamlet swim in his head.
ANTON, HIMSELF: Writing a love story after The Seagull flops, Chekhov darts between passion, family, and disaster.
MASHA, TOO: Irrepressibly seized by love, Chekhov's sister wrestles with whether to leave her brother's exciting life to marry.

“Please God, No Wedding or Shooting at the End has Chekhov and Masha on stage while he writes The Seagull under the influence of Hamlet … Sunde imagines Chekhov returning from a production of <Hamlet> which he must now review (except that a new play forms in his mind. Surrounded by Shakspeare's characters plus creations of his own, Chekhov turns <Hamlet> into <The Seagull>. She also weaves Chekhov's own life into his creative process, as his friend Levitan's suicide attempts and seagull shooting as well as Lika's abandonment provide fodder for his new play. Emboldened, Trigorin even takes over and writes part of the play in which he appears.” This hilarious yet also touching tour de force…ought always to accompany Chekhov's play.” Plays International
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Chekhovs At Home
PLEASE GOD, NO WEDDING OR SHOOTING AT THE END! Chekhov strives to write The Seagull, while characters from it, his own life, and Hamlet swim in his head.
ANTON, HIMSELF: Writing a love story after The Seagull flops, Chekhov darts between passion, family, and disaster.
MASHA, TOO: Irrepressibly seized by love, Chekhov's sister wrestles with whether to leave her brother's exciting life to marry.

“Please God, No Wedding or Shooting at the End has Chekhov and Masha on stage while he writes The Seagull under the influence of Hamlet … Sunde imagines Chekhov returning from a production of <Hamlet> which he must now review (except that a new play forms in his mind. Surrounded by Shakspeare's characters plus creations of his own, Chekhov turns <Hamlet> into <The Seagull>. She also weaves Chekhov's own life into his creative process, as his friend Levitan's suicide attempts and seagull shooting as well as Lika's abandonment provide fodder for his new play. Emboldened, Trigorin even takes over and writes part of the play in which he appears.” This hilarious yet also touching tour de force…ought always to accompany Chekhov's play.” Plays International
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Chekhovs At Home

by Karen Sunde

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PLEASE GOD, NO WEDDING OR SHOOTING AT THE END! Chekhov strives to write The Seagull, while characters from it, his own life, and Hamlet swim in his head.
ANTON, HIMSELF: Writing a love story after The Seagull flops, Chekhov darts between passion, family, and disaster.
MASHA, TOO: Irrepressibly seized by love, Chekhov's sister wrestles with whether to leave her brother's exciting life to marry.

“Please God, No Wedding or Shooting at the End has Chekhov and Masha on stage while he writes The Seagull under the influence of Hamlet … Sunde imagines Chekhov returning from a production of <Hamlet> which he must now review (except that a new play forms in his mind. Surrounded by Shakspeare's characters plus creations of his own, Chekhov turns <Hamlet> into <The Seagull>. She also weaves Chekhov's own life into his creative process, as his friend Levitan's suicide attempts and seagull shooting as well as Lika's abandonment provide fodder for his new play. Emboldened, Trigorin even takes over and writes part of the play in which he appears.” This hilarious yet also touching tour de force…ought always to accompany Chekhov's play.” Plays International

Product Details

BN ID: 2940014045759
Publisher: Karen Sunde
Publication date: 02/07/2012
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 683 KB

About the Author

An actor turned writer, Karen performed many leading roles Off-Broadway, and was Associate Director of CSC Repertory. Her plays have been performed Off-Broadway, in regional theatres, on a USA tour, and in eleven countries and seven languages.
Published plays: DARK LADY, produced Abbey Theatre, Ireland, Aalborg State Theatre, Denmark, optioned for film; BALLOON, won three VILLAGER awards Off-Broadway, nominated Best Play by Outer Critics Circle, aired Radio France; HAITI: A DREAM in FACING FORWARD, produced Seven Stages, Atlanta, aired WNYC, WHYY, NPR; TO MOSCOW, premiered Ankara National Theatre, Turkey, Chain Lightning, New York; OH WILD WEST WIND in ROWING TO AMERICA, produced Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey (PTNJ). PLAYS BY KAREN SUNDE includes TRUTH TAKES A HOLIDAY, read La MaMa, New York City (NYC); IN A KINGDOM BY THE SEA produced PTNJ, HOW HIS BRIDE CAME TO ABRAHAM, produced PTNJ, Praxis Theatre Project, NYC, premiered at The Unicorn, Kansas City. ANTON, HIMSELF for Actors Theatre of Louisville, also played The Moscow Art Theatre, the Yalta Festival in Russia, Peoples Light and Theatre, NYU in New York. THE FASTEST WOMAN ALIVE produced Luna Stage, NJ, Praxis, NYC, Edinburgh Festival (2010); KABUKI OTHELLO, produced People's Light and Theatre Company and Annenberg Center, Philadelphia; Wisdom Bridge, Chicago; KABUKI LADY MACBETH produced Chicago Shakespeare Theater, cited for five JEFF Awards, including "Best New Work," Best Production," "Best Direction:" IN A KINGDOM BY THE SEA, 2009. Scenes from TO MOSCOW; ANTON, HIMSELF; MASHA, TOO; and ABRAHAM appear in SCENES & MONOLOGS FROM THE BEST NEW PLAYS.
Sunde’s first screenplay, UNDERCOVER PATRIOT, a finalist at Sundance, optioned. Then PARALLEL LOVES for Terra Bella Entertainment, Los Angeles; BOULE DE SUIF (adapt Maupassant) for Dace Direction, London; DREAM HOUSE for Passport Films, NYC; THE FASTEST WOMAN ALIVE for Howard S Shulman Productions, NYC; THE SECRET SHIP, under option; FINAL QUEST: THE MOUNTAIN OF THE GODS; TRIPPING TAMMY; LOVE HITS EARTH(& Other Disasters); NEXT!; adaptations of HOW HIS BRIDE CAME TO ABRAHAM, in pre-production as The ABRAHAM FILM PROJECT, and IN A KINGDOM BY THE SEA. check howardshulman.com
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