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KAMA GINKAS (1941 - ) |
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Adaptation / Translations of Plays by Kama Ginkas |
Black Monk, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Breaking String Theater, Austin, Texas | Aug 2014 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #159248 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Kama Ginkas. Based on a short story by Anton Chekhov | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Rothschild's Fiddle | ||
| 1st Produced: | Yale Repertory Theatre and Moscow New Generation Theater | 2004 | ||||
Organisations: | co-production of the Yale Repertory Theatre and the New Generation Theater of Moscow | |||||
| 1st Published: | in TheatreForum, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #12600 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Kama Ginkas after Anton Chekhov. This play was performed in New Haven in Russian, accompanied by English supertitles drawn from Freedman's complete translation | |||||
Synopsis: | Yakov Ivanov, nicknamed Bronza, is a coffin maker, but people are not dying fast enough for him to turn a profit. To make extra income, he plays the fiddle in a local Jewish band. Like many ordinary provincial people, he dislikes Jews, especially the wimpy redhead Rothschild. Once, being in a really foul mood, he even threatens to beat him up, sending Rothschild into tears of fear. Everything in Yakov's life turns up a loss. He counts the money he loses by not working on Sundays and holidays; he moans about daily expenses and forces his wife of fifty-two years to drink hot water instead of tea. When she falls ill and dies, Yakov begins to question his relationship with his place in the universe. He has an epiphany: The only way to save money is to die. Lying in a grave one doesn't have to be fed or clothed; over years of peaceful rest, it's a windfall of millions. Even though he had abused his wife and neglected his marriage, Yakov can't go on alone. Only two days after she passes way, he takes to his own deathbed. He regrets making wrong choices, being mean to his wife, forgetting that they once had a baby and that the child died. He regrets being mean to the Jew and frightening him. Overwhelmed with grief and feeling of eternal loss, he picks up the fiddle and produces the most beautiful, visceral melody, which Rothschild overhears and, despite his fear of Yakov, comes closer to enjoy. They both weep. Finally, when a priest asks Yakov to confess his sins, he whispers: "Give Rothschild the fiddle.". | |||||
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