Proposal, The
- Short Play, Comedy
- 2M, 1F
- ISBN: 9781848422919
Ivan Vasilievich Lomov wants to propose to his neighbour's daughter, Natalya Stepanovna. The only trouble is, they're both supremely argumentative...
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Description
- Short Play
- Comedy
- Target Audience: Young Adult, Adult
- Set Requirements: Interior Set
- Performance Group:
- College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
Ivan Vasilievich Lomov wants to propose to his neighbour's daughter, Natalya Stepanovna. The only trouble is, they're both supremely argumentative...
Written in 1888 and premiered the following year, The Proposal is subtitled 'A farce in one act', and is a brilliantly funny example of what Chekhov called his 'vaudevilles'.
Premiere Production:
Original version: 1889.
Characters
- Casting: 2M, 1F
