Dec 9, 2008
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Isabel Woods reads The Tragic Actor by Anton Chekhov, directed &
produced by Nigel Killick.
Anton Chekhov is regarded by many as the most outstanding short
story writer. This may be a surprise at the first encounter with
even his most famous stories, because they are rarely driven by
plot or anticipation. They are often gentle in character, elusive
in purpose; but they create a resonance in the imagination that
rings long. Here are 12 stories, from the brightly comic to the
overtly tragic, each full of the sharpest observations of
personality and situation, and with implications beyond their brief
form; the dying actor, the children playing a game, the cabman with
his tragedy, the orator's mistake and, perhaps most richly of all,
the family laid bare in 'In The Ravine'. With music by Tchaikovsky
and Balakirev.
Isabel Woods is a professional Actress who trained at Academy of
Live and Recorded Arts London. If you wish to know more about
Isabel
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Music: Chants of the Russian Orthodox Church Monks and Choirs of
Kiev Pechersk Lavra
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