Leoš Suchařípa Boeken

"Nikolai Ivanov, approaching middle-age, has lost all passion for life. No longer in love with his wife, riddled with debt, and in danger of losing his estate, Ivanov finds himself trapped in a stasis he cannot shake-dragging all of those in his orbit down with him. While his family and friends rally around him trying to help, Ivanov only seems to sink further into the darkness that threatens to consume him. A new translation of Chekhov's character study of a man undone by his own spiritual malaise"-- Provided by publisher

A new translation of the first of Chekhov's four great plays.

Lachtränen garantiert! Gogols Stück über den trägen Hofrat Podkoljossin mit seiner ausgeprägten Angst vor der Ehe sprüht nur so vor Sprach-, Charakter- und Situationskomik. Podkoljossins umtriebiger Freund, die Heiratsvermittlerin, die Braut und ihre abgewiesenen Freier verursachen einen Wirbel absurder Ereignisse - kann sich der Held durch einem Sprung aus dem Fenster retten?

Uncle Vanya, derived in part from a reworking of the earlier The Wood Demon, was first performed in 1899 as the third of Chekhov's four dramatic masterpieces has been described as the least pleasant and most bitter of Chekhov's plays. Set in an almost closed private and provincial world, it essentially deals with waste, at a number of levels of plot and character, and with the pathetic futility of pointless labours and fruitless relationships. It's tone of resignation at the failure of a doomed rebellion against unalterable circumstances, together with the relative absence for much of the play of plot or action, has to be sent along side its naturalism and modernity: the difficulty in communication is one of its outstanding features. This edition features the full text in Russian, an Introduction in English, notes and vocabulary to contextualise the play.

A brief profile of the Russian writer prefaces the texts of three plays characterized by their realistic portrayal of Russian life.

Luxuriating in her fading moneyed world and regardless of the increasingly hostile forces outside, she and her brother snub the lucrative scheme of Lopakhin, a peasant turned entrepreneur, to save the family estate.

Pravidla hry přiníšejí významné Suchařípovy kritické analýzy z 60. let. Společným jmenovatelem je úsilí o analýzu a pojmenování všech prvků a souvislostí, které vstupují do hry při vnímání divadelního díla. V Suchařípových textech se odráží vystupňovaná divadelní aktivita 60. let. Nejsou však jen svědectvím o době, v níž vznikaly, ale mají i nadčasovou platnost. Řada jeho analýz patří svou myšlenkovou pronikavostí dodnes k výstavním skvostům české teatrologie. Vyzařuje z nich tatáž osobitost, jakou vnímáme ze Suchařípova autorského hereckého projevu.