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Chekhov's first, but least known, major play in a new version from David Hare. The play focuses on a disillusioned Ivanov who no longer loves his adoring ailing wife, and begins a passionate affair with the daughter of his best friend.
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Perhaps the least performed of Chekhov's plays, Ivanov is the fierce and funny portrait of a man whose life is plummeting fast into domestic and philosophical chaos. By turns despairing and passionate, it offers insight into a young playwright exhilaratingly different from the one we think we know.This adaptation by David Hare premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in February 1997.
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