{"product_id":"chekhovs-three-sisters-and-woolfs-orlando-two-renderings-for-the-stage-9781559364041","title":"Chekhov's Three Sisters and Woolf's Orlando: Two Renderings for the Stage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"[Ruhl's \u003ci\u003eOrlando\u003c\/i\u003e] captures both the intellectual spirit and the literary brilliance of Woolf's work. . . . Ruhl writes with the imaginative sweep that allows Woolf's poetry to soar.\"--\u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Sarah Ruhl's smart new translation [of \u003ci\u003eThree Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e] feels just right to contemporary American ears--lean, colloquial, and conversational for us and true to Chekhov's original work.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Cincinnati Enquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn her stage adaptation of Virginia Woolf's gender-bending, period-hopping novel, award-winning playwright Sarah Ruhl \"is her usual unfailingly elegant, unbeatably witty self, cleverly braiding her own brand-name wit with Woolf's\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York \u003c\/i\u003e)magazine. Preserving Woolf's vital ideas and lyrical tone, Ruhl brings to the stage the life of an Elizabethan nobleman who's magically transformed into an immortal woman. In her fresh translation of \u003ci\u003eThree Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e, the Anton Chekhov classic of ennui and frustration, Ruhl employs her signature lyricism and elegant understanding of intimacy to reveal the discontent felt by fretful Olga, unhappy Masha, and idealistic Irina as they long to leave rural Russia for the ever-alluring Moscow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Ruhl\u003c\/b\u003e's other plays include the Pulitzer Prize finalists \u003ci\u003eIn the Next Room (or the vibrator play)\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Clean House\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003ePassion Play\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDean Man's Cell Phone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDemeter in the City\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEurydice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMelancholy Play\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLate: a cowboy song\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award, a PEN\/Laura Pels Award, and a MacArthur Fellowship. Her plays have premiered on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in many theaters around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Virginia Woolf, Anton Chekhov\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781559364041","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42451633438857,"sku":"9781559364041","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_1898c8ab-b565-4a38-a9d0-8803885f08b8.jpg?v=1715983723","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/chekhovs-three-sisters-and-woolfs-orlando-two-renderings-for-the-stage-9781559364041","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}