Word: ginkasã
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Anton Chekhov seems to meet Samuel Beckett in Kama Ginkas??€™s new adaptation of Chekhov’s short story Lady with a Lapdog, currently running on the mainstage at the American Repertory Theatre (ART). The play, which Ginkas wrote, directed and produced, is an absurdist spectacle far removed from the emotional starkness and dry humor typical of Chekhovian productions. The powerful love story is narrated by characters who constantly pause mid-sentence, interrupted at arbitrary intervals by two clowns in blue and white striped stockings and punctuated by the ardent desire of the lovers to pour sand...
...difference between Chekhov’s work and Ginkas??€™s adaptation is all the more striking because the dialogue of the play, save for the clowns’ episodes, is a word-for-word transcription of the entire Chekhov story. The protagonists, Dmitry Gurov (Stephen Pelinksi) and Anna Sergeyevna (Elisabeth Waterston), serve as narrators, acting out their words and emotions as the play unfolds. This technique might sound literary and dry—but in fact it works surprisingly well, for the actors are lacking enough in self-conscious enough to pull...
...whole, Chekhov lovers and prospective audience members would save time, money and patience by skipping this play and sitting down to read the original short story instead of enduring this version. Ginkas??€™s show would have been a good 30-minute skit but makes for a frustrating play...
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