


Was a Russian playwright who collaborated with actor and director At the end of this tragic-comic monologue, the man is saved from a breakdown by the sudden A smoker, he is asked to present a lecture on the harmful effects of smoking. Henpecked man whose wife runs a boarding school.

(Cast: 2 female, 3 male)ĭangers of Tobacco portrays the shaky state of mind of a To his supposed expertise, but chaos ensues when his wife returnsįrom a visit to her mother's, and a crazy woman comes looking for a He arranges for a series of "spontaneous" tributes Prepares to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the branch office he The Festivities a pompous, self-important bank manager Sailor who drives the party crazy with his sea stories. The friend pockets the money and instead shows up with a retired To get it, they pay a friend to bring a general with him. Wedding Reception: A daffy young couple, with equally daffyįamily and friends, desires an "important" wedding Reluctant Tragic Hero: Our hero spends the summer in the countryīut is driven to the brink of distraction by various demands to runĮrrands in the city and bring back lots of odd items to the country He finally proposes, she accepts, and the two go on The girl goes into hysterics until the father goes after the young Young people get involved in comic arguments. Proposal portrays a nervous young farmer who comes to propose to Impressed that he falls madly in love and proposes. Quarrel and decide to fight a duel, leaving the landowner so Eventually, the young widow and the landowner Her attempt to prove to her faithless dead husband that women are The Bear a landowner comes to claim a debt from a young woman Unburdened, he goes off cheered, reciting great speeches from Him stories of his life and also of his doubts about his career. Ghost appears, but it is only the theatre's prompter. Song: An actor wakes up with a hangover, locked in the theatreĪfter the evening's performance. These plays may be performed separately or as an evening Tobacco, The Festivities, and The Wedding Reception.Įach farce has a different number of characters in a totally new Hero, Swan Song, The Proposal, The Dangers of Paul Schmidt, includes The Bear, A Reluctant Tragic Short Farces is a collection of classic one-act farces by AntonĬhekhov, the great Russian short-story writer and playwright.īeing especially fond of vaudevilles and French farces, Chekhov
