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the work ofcertain nineteenth-century Russianwriters is manifest in his own fictionand drama and in acclaimed adapta-tions of works by Chekhov andTurgenev.  \nThis marvellously inventive newplay is based on a theme in The Ladywith the Lapdog',a story Chekhovwrote in 1899.At an end-of-seasonresort on the shore of the Black Sea,apair of strangers play 'the Yalta game':divining the lives of other holiday-makers or investing the lives of otherswith an imagined life.These compan-ions in adventure seek an end to theirloneliness by throwing themselvesinto the game and by almost convinc-ing each other that 'disappointmentsare only the postponement of thecomplete happiness which has tocome'.  \nBrian Friel has unravelled a threadof Chekhov's original and woven itafresh into a startling tapestry of deeplongings and flawed resolutions.Cover drawing by Basil Blackshaw  \nLeabnarIarrra AtnaLIzarHENRY STREETInyoice:01/3829LIBRARYPrice IRE12.95Title:  Yalta gamClass:822FRI  \n19.M  \nGallery BooksEditor:Peter Fallon  \nTHE YALTAGAME  \nBrian Friel  \nTHEYALTAGAME  \nafter Chekhov  \nGallery Books  \n# The Yalta Gameis first published\n\nsimultaneously in paperbackand in a clothbound editionon the day of its premiere,2 October 2001.  \nThe Gallery PressLoughcrewOldcastleCounty MeathIreland  \nC Brian Friel 2001  \nISBN 1852353015(paperback)1852353023(clothbound)  \nAll rights whatsoever in this play are strictly reserved.Requests toreproduce the text in whole or in part should be addressed to thepublishers.Application for performance in any medium or fortranslation into any language should be addressed to the author'ssole agent The Agency (London)Ltd.,(attention Leah Schmidt),24 Pottery Lane,Holland Park,London W114LZ.  \nThe Gallery Press acknowledges the financial assistance ofAn Chomhairle Ealaíon/The Arts Council,Ireland,and the ArtsCouncil of Northern Ireland.","cbCaikx6OeP6v4DH","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikx6OeP6v4DH","pdf",1434391,48,"English","# Introduction to The 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