Platonov (play)

Platonov (play)

"Platonov" is the name in English given to an early, untitled play written in Russian by Anton Chekhov. The lead character is "Mikhail Platonov", a disillusioned provincial schoolmaster, and his name is used for the title in English translations. The work has been adapted and produced at the Almeida Theatre in London, the Bristol Old Vic, and by the Soulpepper Theatre Company in Toronto. [ [http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2000-07-27/theatre_reviews.html NOW On / Stage / Theatre Reviews / Jul 27 - Aug 2, 2000 ] ] cite web
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title = Platonov
work = The Guardian
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date = 2001-09-13
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accessdate = 2008-04-29] A widely-performed adaptation by playwright Michael Frayn, given the title "Wild Honey", appeared in 1984.Chekhov's own text, which despite a running time of about five hours he never thought of as finished, is seldom played. However in 1997 the director Lev Dodin and the Maly Theatre of St Petersburg presented a faithful, and once again untitled, version at the annual Weimar arts festival. The running time was four hours.cite book
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title = The Cambridge Companion to Chekhov
publisher = Cambridge University Press
date = 2000
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isbn =0521589177 ] The production was taken to St Petersburg and Milan later that year.

Film

In 1976 writer Aleksander Adabashian and director Nikita Mikhalkov transformed the work into a film, Неоконченная пьеса для механического пианино "(Neokonchennaya pyesa dlya mekhanicheskogo pianino)", made in Russian by Mosfilm and released in the west as "An unfinished piece for mechanical piano". This in turn was reworked by Trevor Griffiths into a new stage version called "Piano", produced at the Cottesloe Theatre, London, in August 1990. Stephen Rea was Platonov.

References

External links

* [http://www.changeperformingarts.com/Dodin/play_photos.html Maly Theatre production, 1997]
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