Tragic Figure, A
- Short Play, Comedy, 19th Century
- 2M
- ISBN: 9781848422919
"That's what this country life does to you... They think it's funny, but I mean, I'm alive, I've got a life, and I want to live too! This isn't some sort of farce, it's a tragedy!"
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Description
- Short Play
- Comedy
- Time Period: 19th Century
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Interior Set
- Performance Group:
- College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre
Anton Chekhov's one-act play A Tragic Figure (From Country Life) is a comic duologue about a civil servant sweltering in Moscow coping with the incessant demands of his family from their summer dacha.
This English translation by Chekhov expert Stephen Mulrine is published in the collection Chekhov: Shorts.
Premiere Production:
Original version: 1889.
Characters
- Casting: 2M
- Casting Attributes: All Male
