La Cerisaie (1904)

Colección de cuatro cuentos del autor Antón Chéjov. Chéjov introdujo un cambio radical en las formas de la dramaturgia, dando a la acción dramática una estructura nueva capaz de abarcar cualquier manifestación de la vida. Con una simple sucesión de cuadros cotidianos logra impresiones generales, a veces de una gran intensidad. La pintura sutíl, la fluidez del diálogo, la novedad y lo candente de los temas ganaron al público y le dieron una gran popularidad en vida. El teatro de Chéjov es lo que Stendhal quería que fuese una novela: un espejo paseado a lo largo de un cambio.

Tragedy, on leaving home. ( )

LATW audio production of the classic play recounting the challenges facing an aristocratic Russian family who desperately wants to maintain their way of life even as their finances fall on hard times. I found it challenging to keep characters straight in this one and wasn't always certain which character was who - possibly complicated by the complexities of Russian names. This would have been easier to keep straight in a traditional production as you have faces to track with the voice. Not a bad listen but not a play I'm likely to revisit. ( )

Hermosa. ( )

Nope.
No likeable characters whatsoever, with a plot that I couldn't bring myself to care about at all. Gah. ( )