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Commedia Chekhov

The Bear

adapted by Lindsay Price from Anton Checkhov

Everything has to go perfectly for Elena Ivanovna Popova's time of deep mourning, full mourning, half mourning, half-half mourning, almost out of mourning, and non mourning. However, her plans descend into chaos when a persistent landowner arrives, demanding payment from her deceased husband.

Comedy Classical Adaptation

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

Running Time
About 30 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
3 Characters
1 M2 F
Set
Simple set
Source
Part of Commedia Chekhov, a collection of 3 plays
Free Excerpt

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3 Characters
1 M, 2 F

Characters in this play are currently identified as male or female. Directors are welcome to assign any gender (binary or non-binary) to any character and modify pronouns accordingly.

POPOVA [W] 152 lines
A landowning widow.
LUDMILLA [W] 102 lines
Popova’s housekeeper.
SMIRNOV [M] 129 lines
A landowner.
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