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Anton Chekhov's ''Swan Song'' [1887] (original title in Russian ''Lebedinaia pesnia'') was one of his early plays. An aging comic actor, left alone on the stage of a small theatre, dreams of his past life, of the visions that once were his, and of the reality before him.
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''[[Swan Song]]'' Anton Chekhov's [1887] (original title in Russian ''[[Lebedinaia pesnia]]'') was one of his early plays. An aging comic actor, left alone on the stage of a small theatre, dreams of his past life, of the visions that once were his, and of the reality before him.
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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English translation, by Marian Fell, was published in 1912 by Charles Scribner's Sons.
 
English translation, by Marian Fell, was published in 1912 by Charles Scribner's Sons.
  

Revision as of 12:54, 20 November 2017

Swan Song Anton Chekhov's [1887] (original title in Russian Lebedinaia pesnia) was one of his early plays. An aging comic actor, left alone on the stage of a small theatre, dreams of his past life, of the visions that once were his, and of the reality before him.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

English translation, by Marian Fell, was published in 1912 by Charles Scribner's Sons.

Translated into Afrikaans by Pietro Nolte as Swanesang.

Performance history in South Africa

Swanesang presented by the Kaapse Teatergroep, 1972 or 1973. Mavis Lilenstein was the stage manager.


Sources

World Drama by Allardyce Nicoll, 1947. 683.


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