| Description |
1 online resource (117 minutes) |
| Summary |
Chekhov's play, adapted for television by John Elliot. Plotanov was a distinguished academic, now a village schoolteacher married to the simple but cheerful and loving Sasha. Plotanov is a witty if temperamental guest, sought after at the dinner parties of Anna, a general's widow, who lives on her estate, deeply in debt, flirting with him. To the season's first dinner, Anna's aged stepson brings his new wife, Sofia, whom Plotanov knew when he was a professor |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed June 01, 2022) |
| Credits |
Music, Norman Kay |
| Cast |
Rex Harrison, Sian Phillips, Clive Revill, Geoffrey Bayldon, Joanna Dunham |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 -- Television adaptations
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| SUBJECT |
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. fast (OCoLC)fst00045578 |
| Subject |
Inheritance and succession -- Russia -- 19th century -- Drama
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Man-woman relationships -- Russia -- 19th century -- Drama
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Inheritance and succession.
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Man-woman relationships.
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Russia.
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| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Television adaptations.
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Television adaptations.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Messina, Cedric, producer
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Morahan, Christopher, director
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Harrison, Rex, actor
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Phillips, Siân, 1934- actor
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Revill, Clive, actor
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Elliot, John, 1918-1997, screenwriter
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BBC Worldwide Ltd., film distributor
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