Watched three short plays by Anton Chekov back to back today.
I dont who Chekov was, but i really liked them.
"The Arrangement" focuses on how a father wants his son to grow up, become a man. Unfortunately, he links it with having sex. So he takes his son to a brothel. The innocent young boy, was confused, excited and scared at the same time. After paying the prostitute, father decides , not to kill his innocence so early. A 15 min play. We went late, and missed first five minutes.
"The Sneeze". Story of a clerk who is interested in the theater. He goes to a theater with his wife, and buys first class tickets. When the show is about to start, he realizes the minister, under whose department he works came to the show and sitting beside him. He got excited , invades the privacy of the minister to get to know him, which he believes who help him in the career. When everybody is deeply involved in the cinema, the clerk sneezes so hard that, he dampens the Minister's hair. Minister was cool about it, but the clerk would not let it go. He drags apologizing to a point which annoys Mrs. Minister. Minister tries to change the topic and starts small talk, but the clerk continues to apologize.
Clerk could not sleep that night. He gets anxious about the sneezing incident and tells his wife that he is going to apologize the minister at his office one more time. Not minding suggesting from his wife, he goes to the office. The Minister, could not recall clerk. Clerk narrates whole sneezing incident and tells him how sorry he really was. Minister asks him to go easy on what happened and sends him away.
Now Clerk is tension free. But he is furious. He concludes that the minister was responsible for losing mind over such a trivial matter. He wants to question the minister why he tormented him. He goes to the ministers office again, asks him why. The Minister gets annoyed for getting disturbed over such a silly matter and gets angry. Terrified by the anger of Minister, while trying to talk to him, he sneezes on Ministers face. The Minister shouts and warn the clerk to not to show his face ever.
Poor clerk, reaches home frustrated than ever, and dies.
"The Surgery " . A comical play where a yet-to-get-degree intern pulls the tooth of a priest complains of toothache.
Of all the three, i liked " The Sneeze" .
I dont who Chekov was, but i really liked them.
"The Arrangement" focuses on how a father wants his son to grow up, become a man. Unfortunately, he links it with having sex. So he takes his son to a brothel. The innocent young boy, was confused, excited and scared at the same time. After paying the prostitute, father decides , not to kill his innocence so early. A 15 min play. We went late, and missed first five minutes.
"The Sneeze". Story of a clerk who is interested in the theater. He goes to a theater with his wife, and buys first class tickets. When the show is about to start, he realizes the minister, under whose department he works came to the show and sitting beside him. He got excited , invades the privacy of the minister to get to know him, which he believes who help him in the career. When everybody is deeply involved in the cinema, the clerk sneezes so hard that, he dampens the Minister's hair. Minister was cool about it, but the clerk would not let it go. He drags apologizing to a point which annoys Mrs. Minister. Minister tries to change the topic and starts small talk, but the clerk continues to apologize.
Clerk could not sleep that night. He gets anxious about the sneezing incident and tells his wife that he is going to apologize the minister at his office one more time. Not minding suggesting from his wife, he goes to the office. The Minister, could not recall clerk. Clerk narrates whole sneezing incident and tells him how sorry he really was. Minister asks him to go easy on what happened and sends him away.
Now Clerk is tension free. But he is furious. He concludes that the minister was responsible for losing mind over such a trivial matter. He wants to question the minister why he tormented him. He goes to the ministers office again, asks him why. The Minister gets annoyed for getting disturbed over such a silly matter and gets angry. Terrified by the anger of Minister, while trying to talk to him, he sneezes on Ministers face. The Minister shouts and warn the clerk to not to show his face ever.
Poor clerk, reaches home frustrated than ever, and dies.
"The Surgery " . A comical play where a yet-to-get-degree intern pulls the tooth of a priest complains of toothache.
Of all the three, i liked " The Sneeze" .
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