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| − | A one-act monologue by Anton Chekhov.
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | Written as a monologue called О вреде табака in the original Russian, the work features a diffident character called Ivan Ivanovich Nyukhin who is asked by his wife to make a speech about the effects of tobacco. The work was first published in 1886, then revised by Chekhov just before his death and published again in 1902. The original version was popular in Russia in the 1880s as a farce, but the play was long ignored in the west.
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| − | == Translations and adaptations ==
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| − | First translated and published in English in the collection ''The Unknown Chekhov'' in 1954, and since then has been performed and re-published a number of times.
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| − | A South African English adaptation, entitled ''[[Tobacco, and the Harmful Effects Thereof]]'', was written by [[William Harding]] in 2014, re-imagining the play by drawing on other artists, such as Franz Kafka, Edward Lear and André Breton, ''et al''.
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| − | == South African performances ==
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| − | 2014-2015: Performed in Harding's version as ''[[Tobacco, and the Harmful Effects Thereof]]'' by The [[Fortune Cookie Theatre Company]] at the [[Grahamstown Festival|National Arts Festival]] ([[NAF]]) in Grahamstown, and at the [[Baxter Theatre|Baxter]] Flipside from 20 May to 13 June 2015; directed by [[Sylvaine Strike]], with [[Andrew Buckland]] and [[Toni Morkel]]. Costume and lighting design by [[Sylvaine Strike]] and set design by [[Chen Nakar]].
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Harmful_Effects_of_Tobacco
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| − | Artslink.co.za <news0415@artslink.co.za>
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