Uncle Vanya - (Oberon Classics) by Robert Icke & Anton Chekhov (Paperback)
$14.99 when purchased online
Target Online store #3991
About this item
Highlights
- Chekhov's late masterpiece examines human behaviour in all of its beautiful, terrible, laughable contradiction.
- About the Author: Robert Icke is a writer and theatre director.
- 96 Pages
- Drama, European
- Series Name: Oberon Classics
Description
About the Book
Following his reimagining of Oresteia, Almeida Associate Director Robert Icke adapts a new version of Chekhov's greatest play.Book Synopsis
Chekhov's late masterpiece examines human behaviour in all of its beautiful, terrible, laughable contradiction. Following his reimagining of Oresteia (Almeida / West End), Almeida Associate Director Robert Icke directs a new production of Chekhov's greatest play.
Things your life could be:(1) a farce.
(2) a tragedy.
(3) pointless.
(4) all of the above. Things you could do about it:
(1) keep living.
(2) stop living.
(3) stop someone else living.
(4) nothing. Even so, what has your life been worth?
Review Quotes
"It challenges the patriarchal assumptions of the playwright's tragic trilogy. It dispenses with staging conventions. Yet this is not destruction but revelation. You can almost see the dust flying off the old master. No. 1 Play of 2015." --The Observer
"What a piece of theatre this is... Calchas says of the play: ''this has all happened before, and more than once''. But not with this theatrical potency, not in my lifetime, I don't think.' No. 1 Play of 2015." --Time OutAbout the Author
Robert Icke is a writer and theatre director. He was the Artistic Director of the Arden Theatre Company from 2003-7 and of the Swan Theatre Company from 2005-8. From 2010-13 he was Associate Director at Headlong, where he worked on all of the company's productions and directed three of his own. He is currently Associate Director at the Almeida alongside Artistic Director Rupert Goold. 1984 won Best Director at the UK Theatre Awards 2014, Best Director at the Liverpool Arts Awards 2013, and was nominated for Best New Play at the 2014 Olivier Awards. In 2014, Robert was selected as one of the hospital club's 100 most influential and innovative people working across Britain's creative industries. His adaptation of Oresteia received universal critical acclaim when it premiered at the Almeida and transferred to the West End.Dimensions (Overall): 8.2 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W) x .2 Inches (D)
Weight: .3 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 96
Genre: Drama
Sub-Genre: European
Series Title: Oberon Classics
Publisher: Oberon Books
Theme: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Format: Paperback
Author: Robert Icke & Anton Chekhov
Language: English
Street Date: April 11, 2017
TCIN: 1003346368
UPC: 9781783197293
Item Number (DPCI): 247-23-8318
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
If the item details above aren’t accurate or complete, we want to know about it.
Shipping details
Estimated ship dimensions: 0.2 inches length x 5 inches width x 8.2 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.3 pounds
We regret that this item cannot be shipped to PO Boxes.
This item cannot be shipped to the following locations: American Samoa (see also separate entry under AS), Guam (see also separate entry under GU), Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico (see also separate entry under PR), United States Minor Outlying Islands, Virgin Islands, U.S., APO/FPO
Return details
This item can be returned to any Target store or Target.com.
This item must be returned within 90 days of the date it was purchased in store, shipped, delivered by a Shipt shopper, or made ready for pickup.
See the return policy for complete information.