{"product_id":"9780571217618","title":"Three Plays After : The Yalta Game, The Bear, Afterplay","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThree Plays After\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Brian Friel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Friel explores the most Chekhovian of themes in his three new works inspired by the great Russian dramatist: the absurd realm which lies between perpetual hope and a penchant for self-destruction. Whether exploring the loneliness of an unhappy marriage (in \u003ci\u003eThe Yalta Game\u003c\/i\u003e, based on Chekhov's story \u003ci\u003eThe Lady with the Lapdog\u003c\/i\u003e), or imagining the bittersweet meeting of Sonya (Uncle Vanya's niece) and Andrei (the brother of a certain three sisters) in a new work inspired by characters from two Chekhov plays, Friel shows his own masterful range.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Remarkable . . . Takes us close to the heart of Chekov.” —\u003ci\u003eMichael Billington, The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Brian Friel has come up with an idea more marvellous yet; a world where a character from one Chekhov play meets a character from another, a real Moscow in the 1920s where the three sisters' brother, Andrei, meets Uncle Vanya's niece, Sonya. \u003ci\u003eAfterplay \u003c\/i\u003eis the finest production I have seen this year. . . . To say that I long to see these productions again is rank understatement.” —\u003ci\u003eAlastair Macaulay, Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Friel's [\u003ci\u003eThe Bear\u003c\/i\u003e] is superbly funny, vivid, keenly alert to Chekhov's modern sensitivities to gender issues. . . . [\u003ci\u003eAfterplay\u003c\/i\u003e is] is finest production I have seen this year.” —\u003ci\u003eAlastair Macaulay, Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“As an autumnal, middle-aged idyll, [\u003ci\u003eAfterplay\u003c\/i\u003e] is a little gem in Friel's output--a short story in 3-D--a total delight.” —\u003ci\u003eMichael Coveney, Daily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Friel is] a mighty man, a mighty writer, and one of the world's great theater figures.” —\u003ci\u003eFrank McGuinness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780571217618\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40594827018446,"sku":"9780571217618","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_d21e653c-ff5e-45f6-bf12-5e4619ac5638.jpg?v=1637819223","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780571217618","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}