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+ DENY | Swan Song
Adhere And Deny presented Anton Chekhov’s one-act play SWAN SONG from March 21st to March 31st, 2007.
SWAN SONG, Chekhov’s quasi-vaudevillian theatre piece, is a study of an actor's late-night reflection on the theatre and life. Svietlovidoff, after falling asleep during a party given in his honor to mark his final stage performance, wakes up to a dark and empty theatre. Svietlovidoff had huge dreams of the Art of the Theatre when he launched his career. Now, at the end of it, he has been reduced to playing secondary characters in provincial theatres. In the empty void of a dark theatre, Svietlovidoff, the Cygnus olor, natters about what was, what is, and what could’ve been with Ivanitch, the theatre prompter, who has become Svietlovidoff’s second banana in his swan song.
Chekhov, with his Impressionistic theatre, foreshadowed the austere and bittersweet humor of Samuel Beckett. SWAN SONG is filled with rye and sincere humor, but crafted by a tragedian in spite of himself. It is this duality of Chekhov that has enabled him to talk to generations through time.
SWAN SONG was performed by Graham Ashmore. It was directed by Grant Guy.
Barb Stewart
Uptown March 29, 2007:
'In lesser hands, the mox could truly be a recipe for disaster, but in the talented hands of Ashmore and Guy it becomes a moment of touching honesty. If that is not great theatre, I don’t know what is.'
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