Friel, Brian [1929-]

Afterplay - London Bloomsbury 2013

Originally published: in print in Three plays after. London: Faber, 2002.

1920s Moscow, a small run-down café. Uncle Vanya's niece, Sonya Serebriakova, now in her forties, is the only customer. Until the arrival of Andrey Prozorov, the put-upon brother from 'Three Sisters'. 'Afterplay' revisits the lives of two characters from Anton Chekhov's plays. It was first produced, with 'The Bear' (also after Chekhov), at the Gate Theatre, Dublin, in March 2002.