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Tag Archives: The Seagull
“Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress. When I get fed up with one, I spend the night with the other.” — Anton Chekhov
It’s his birthday today. Anton Chekhov, letter to actress (and wife) Olga Knipper January 2, 1901 “Describe at least one rehearsal of Three Sisters for me. Isn’t there anything which needs adding or subtracting? Are you acting well, my darling? … Continue reading
Posted in On This Day, Theatre, writers
Tagged Anton Chekhov, Christopher Walken, Maureen Stapleton, Olympia Dukakis, scripts, The Cherry Orchard, The Seagull
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R.I.P. Olympia Dukakis
Husband and wife Louis Zorich and Olympia Dukakis in The Seagull, Williamstown Theater Festival The first thing I thought of when I heard the sad news of Olympia Dukakis’ passing was her compulsive sighs in her Oscar-winning performance in Moonstruck. … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Movies, RIP, Theatre
Tagged Anton Chekhov, Olympia Dukakis, The Seagull
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Snapshots
— Still making my way thru War and Peace, a couple chapters a day. Still only on page 540 … but it’s riveting. It’s not a boring read and even the long sections about the freemasons end up adding to … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged Dean Martin, Hope, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Shirley MacLaine, snapshots, The Seagull, Vincente Minnelli, War and Peace
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Acting Chekhov: “in mourning for my life”
Excerpt from The Actor’s Chekhov: Nikos Psacharopoulos and the Company of the Williamstown Theatre Festival, on the Plays of Anton Chekhov: Olympia Dukakis: I remember my brother and I came to New York when I was in college and saw … Continue reading
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Tagged Anton Chekhov, Maureen Stapleton, Olympia Dukakis, The Seagull
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The Seagull
It hurts to read this review of The Seagull and know that I can’t see it. It sounds like a once in a lifetime type production.
“Here are the plums for the journey.”
An excerpt from an interview with Olympia Dukakis – I absolutely adore this story – I learned a great lesson about tireless script analysis after reading this story the first time – NEVER stop asking questions when you read a … Continue reading
The Books: “The Seagull” (Anton Chekhov)
Next in my Daily Book Excerpt: More from my collected plays of Chekhov, translated by Paul Schmidt. This excerpt is from The Seagull. The Seagull – one of the classic plays about acting and theatre that is out there. Actually, … Continue reading