Afterplay and The Yalta Game
Brian Friel – Photo by Bobbie Hanvey GATE THEATRE DUBLIN and the SYDNEY FESTIVAL present Afterplay and The Yalta Game by Brian Friel at the Parade Theatre. AFTERPLAY and THE YALTA GAME are both short “entree” one act pieces.(Interestingly, they are usually presented together, sometimes with The Bear, as a full night’s entertainment, whereas the Festival has presented these works as separate pieces.Two Admission costs.) Both the plays are little “gems” of entertainment but are hardly a substantial experience singularly. With AFTERPLAY, Mr Friel has taken the indulgence of re-imagining two of Chekhov’s characters from two different plays, Sonya…