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''[[Saintly Simplicity]]'' is a stage play by [[Grethe Fox]], based on Anton Chekhov's short story.  
 
''[[Saintly Simplicity]]'' is a stage play by [[Grethe Fox]], based on Anton Chekhov's short story.  
  
The original text
 
  
Anton Chekhov's short story.
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== The original text ==
  
It tells of a son who returns home to visit his father after many years absence. The father, a priest, cannot believe his son, now a very successful lawyer, has become so wealthy and distant.
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Anton Chekhov's short story tells of a son who returns home to visit his father after many years absence. The father, a priest, cannot believe his son, now a very successful lawyer, has become so wealthy and distant.
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First published
  
 
== Translations and adaptations ==
 
== Translations and adaptations ==

Revision as of 05:30, 11 October 2018

Saintly Simplicity is a stage play by Grethe Fox, based on Anton Chekhov's short story.


The original text

Anton Chekhov's short story tells of a son who returns home to visit his father after many years absence. The father, a priest, cannot believe his son, now a very successful lawyer, has become so wealthy and distant.

First published

Translations and adaptations

Adapted for the stage by Grethe Fox in 2004.

Performance history in South Africa

2004: Performed at the first Chekhov Festival, directed by Grethe Fox, starring Dale Cutts, Tom Fairfoot and Milan Murray.

2014: Performed at the second Chekhov Festival at the The Fringe at Joburg Theatre in June 2014. Adapted and directed by Grethe Fox, with Kevin Smith, Maurice Paige, Linda Sokhulu and Bradley Olivier.

Sources

The Star, 27 July 2004.

Sue Segar. 2014. "Grethe Fox’s super-charged career", in Weekend Argus (Sunday Edition), 12 October.

http://www.wdjoyner.org/writing/public-domain/chekhov/chekhov-plot-summaries.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Chekhov_bibliography

Final week of Chekhov Festival at The Fringe, Artslink.co.za Headlines 11/06/2014[1]

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