| Title |
The Anton Chekhov collection : [videorecording]. Platonov, The wood demon, The proposal, The wedding. |
| Publisher/Date |
[London] : BBC Worldwide, 2009. |
| Pagination etc. |
2 videodiscs (DVDs) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([8] p. ; ill. ; 18 cm.) |
| Contents note |
Bonus features: Michael Pennington portraying Chekhov, radio plays (Wild honey, Ivanov, Swan song), five short stories read by Ewan McGregor, rehearsals and scenes from Chekhov plays with Oleg Efremov and various actors. |
| Disc 1. Platonov (Originally broadcast May 23, 1971) / directed by Christopher Morahan ; adapted by John Elliot ; produced by Cedric Messina (Starring Rex Harrison, Sian Phillips, Clive Revill, Geoffrey Bayldon, Joanna Dunham). Radio play : Wild honey (1989) / translated and adapted by Michael Frayn ; produced by Peter King (Starring Ian McKellen) -- Disc 2. The wood demon (Originally broadcast November 17, 1974) / directed by Donald McWhinnie ; translated by Ronald Hingley ; produced by Cedric Messina (Starring Ian Holm, Francesca Annis, Ronald Fraser, Ronald Hines, Angela Pleasence, Vickery Turner). The proposal (Originally broadcast March 10, 1959) / produced by Rosemary Hill (Starring Harry Moore, Anne Robson, David Bird). The wedding (Originally broadcast October 17, 1961) / English version by Eric Bentley ; produced by Rosemary Hill (Starring Dennis Edwards, Robert Gillespie, Anne Robson). Radio plays. Ivanov (2001) / adapted by David Hare ; produced by Catherine Bailey (Starring Ralph Fiennes). Swan song (1965) / translated by Nicholas Bethell ; produced by John Tydeman (Starring Wilfrid Lawson). |
| Summary Note |
A collection of plays by Chekhov originally produced for television by the BBC. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG. |
| Language note |
In English, with optional English SDH subtitles. |
| Subject - Name |
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, -- 1860-1904 -- Film and video adaptations |
| Subject |
Television adaptations |
| Radio adaptations |
| Fiction television programs |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Added Author |
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 1860-1904 English. P§esa bez nazvan§ëiìa. |
| Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 1860-1904 English. Leshiæi. |
| Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 1860-1904 English. Predlozhenie. |
| Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 1860-1904 English. Svad§ba. |
| Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 1860-1904 |
| Corporate Author |
BBC Video (Firm) |
| Warner Home Video (Firm) |
| Added title |
Wood demon. |
| Platonov. |
| Proposal. |
| Wedding. |
| Shelf Location |
DVD 891.723 CHEK |
