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Platonov (Russian: Платонов, also known as Fatherlessness and A Play Without a Title) is the name in English given to an early, untitled play in four acts written by Anton Chekhov in 1878. It was the first large-scale drama by Chekhov, written specifically for Maria Yermolova, rising star of Maly Theatre. Yermolova rejected the play and it was not published until 1923.
The lead character is Mikhail Platonov, a disillusioned provincial schoolmaster. The play is set in a dilapidated country house in the Russian provinces. Landowner Anna Petrovna, Sofia Yegorovna, wife of Anna Petrovna's stepson, and one of his colleagues fall in love with the married Platonov. He thinks society is without ideas and principles, but is aware that he himself is very much part of that society. He is compared to Hamlet and Don Juan, and likes to think of himself as a witty and intellectually stimulating entertainer. In the end, he recognises his hopeless position between the four women and retreats into alcohol. Finally, Sofia understands that she cannot hope for a new life with Platonov and shoots him.
CAST
Rex Harrison ... Mikhail Platonov, schoolmaster
Patsy Byrne ... Sasha, Platonov's wife
Siân Phillips ... Anna Voinitseva, widow
Clive Revill ... Nicolai Triletski, Sasha's brother
Donald Eccles ... Count Glagolyev, Anna's suitor
Geoffrey Bayldon ... Sergei Voinitsev, Anna's stepson
Willoughby Goddard ... Bugrov, merchant
Trevor Kent ... Yakov, servant
Stacey Tendeter ... Katya, maid
John Gill ... Col. Triletski, Sasha's father
Kevin Stoney ... Vengerovich
Joanna Dunham ... Sofia, Voinitsev's wife
Bridget Armstrong ... Maria Grekova, chemistry student
Neil McCarthy ... Osip, bandit
Peter Eyre ... Kiril, Glagolyev's son
Joe Gladwin ... Marko, messenger
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Adapted by Maximianno Cobra, from Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens", the film exposes the timeless challenge of social hypocrisy, disillusion and annihilation against the poetics of friendship, love, and beauty.
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Platonov (Russian: Платонов, also known as Fatherlessness and A Play Without a Title) is the name in English given to an early, untitled play in four acts written by Anton Chekhov in 1878. It was the first large-scale drama by Chekhov, written specifically for Maria Yermolova, rising star of Maly Theatre. Yermolova rejected the play and it was not published until 1923.
The lead character is Mikhail Platonov, a disillusioned provincial schoolmaster. The play is set in a dilapidated country house in the Russian provinces. Landowner Anna Petrovna, Sofia Yegorovna, wife of Anna Petrovna's stepson, and one of his colleagues fall in love with the married Platonov. He thinks society is without ideas and principles, but is aware that he himself is very much part of that society. He is compared to Hamlet and Don Juan, and likes to think of himself as a witty and intellectually stimulating entertainer. In the end, he recognises his hopeless position between the four women and retreats into alcohol. Finally, Sofia understands that she cannot hope for a new life with Platonov and shoots him.
CAST
Rex Harrison ... Mikhail Platonov, schoolmaster
Patsy Byrne ... Sasha, Platonov's wife
Siân Phillips ... Anna Voinitseva, widow
Clive Revill ... Nicolai Triletski, Sasha's brother
Donald Eccles ... Count Glagolyev, Anna's suitor
Geoffrey Bayldon ... Sergei Voinitsev, Anna's stepson
Willoughby Goddard ... Bugrov, merchant
Trevor Kent ... Yakov, servant
Stacey Tendeter ... Katya, maid
John Gill ... Col. Triletski, Sasha's father
Kevin Stoney ... Vengerovich
Joanna Dunham ... Sofia, Voinitsev's wife
Bridget Armstrong ... Maria Grekova, chemistry student
Neil McCarthy ... Osip, bandit
Peter Eyre ... Kiril, Glagolyev's son
Joe Gladwin ... Marko, messenger
Copyright - All rights reserved to their respective owners.
Your donations keep our Educational and Editorial projects freely available to everyone. Shakespeare Network Website is free of advertising and our YouTube Channel is non-monetized.
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Read the unabridged plays online: shakespearenetwork.net/works/plays
SHAKESPEARE NETWORK - Screen Adaptation - Co-Production : MISANTHROPOS – Official Website - misanthropos.net
Adapted by Maximianno Cobra, from Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens", the film exposes the timeless challenge of social hypocrisy, disillusion and annihilation against the poetics of friendship, love, and beauty.
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Donate with PayPal today
shakespearenetwork.net/support-us/donate-now
Please consider giving a donation today to support our Shakespeare Network Educational Programand our HD AUDIO / IMAGE Restoration Program.
The main objective of enhancing historical image and sound recordings by digital signal processing is to improve the overall quality of recordings degraded by several distortions. Whether true signal restoration or merely signal enhancement can be achieved depends heavily on the quality of the historical image and sound material.
Image and audio restoration is an extremely time-consuming process that requires skilled audio and image engineers with specific experience in motion pictures, sound and music recording techniques as well as high-end hardware and software.
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