Lebedinaia pesnia
Lebedinaia pesnia (лебединая песня in Cyrillic script, or "Swan Song" in English) is a one-act Russian play by Anton Chekhov
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The original text
Written in 1887 about an old actor who spends the night reminiscing about his life and career in an empty theatre.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into English as Swan Song by Marian Fell and published in 1912 by Charles Scribner's Sons.
Translated into Afrikaans as Swanesang by Pietro Nolte
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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Written in 1887 about an old actor who spends the night reminiscing about his life and career in an empty theatre.
Originally translated into English by Marian Fell and published in 1912 by Charles Scribner's Sons.
See Swansong
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