The Yalta Game

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Event The Yalta Game
Venue NIDA Parade Theatre 2 (2000-), Kensington, NSW
Umbrella Event Sydney Festival 2009
First Date 19 January 2009
Opening Date 21 January 2009
Last Date 31 January 2009
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description "The Yalta Game is based on a theme in one of the greatest short stories ever written, Chekhov's The Lady with the Lapdog. The play tells the story of an accountant who holidays alone, leaving his wife and family behind in Moscow. While away, he plays a game of amorous dalliance and seduction, and happens on a young wife with her pet dog. They have a brief affair and part forever. But back home, they both find themselves obsessed by reveries and meet again to embark on a self destructive path of duplicity, ecstasy and perhaps love."
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Anton Chekhov Playwright
Brian Friel Playwright
Works
Text Nationality Ireland
Production Nationality Ireland
Further Information On 9 January 2009, Brian Friel, Ireland's greatest living playwright, will celebrate his 80th birthday. In recognition of this, the Gate Theatre Dublin will produce a very special season of works by Friel to celebrate this significant anniversary. Sydney Festival is delighted to welcome back the Gate, who last visited in 2007 with the acclaimed Beckett Festival.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web Sydney Festival 2009 Online Guide
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 78532