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Short plays by Anton Chekhov and a new theatrical introduction are brought together in an anthology. Comic portraits of performance, courtship, and disappointment reveal the frustrations and unexpected turns of ordinary lives.
A theatre company prepares to open a new Canadian play under the eyes of a visiting American producer. Ambition, backstage rivalries, faulty props, and stage fright threaten to turn the performance into a disaster.
During preparations for Bill Mercer's wedding, his older brother Ben announces he is leaving home, exposing tensions between the sons and their father Jacob. A former relationship between Jacob and the bride's mother further unsettles the family as the wedding plans come under question.
Ben Mercer returns home for his aunt’s funeral, two years after the events of Leaving Home.
In 1926, Jacob returns to Coley's Point and discovers Mary, whom he had dated before moving to Toronto, is engaged to another man; he tries to win her back.
Short plays by Anton Chekhov and a new theatrical introduction are brought together in an anthology. Comic portraits of performance, courtship, and disappointment reveal the frustrations and unexpected turns of ordinary lives.
A theatre company prepares to open a new Canadian play under the eyes of a visiting American producer. Ambition, backstage rivalries, faulty props, and stage fright threaten to turn the performance into a disaster.
During preparations for Bill Mercer's wedding, his older brother Ben announces he is leaving home, exposing tensions between the sons and their father Jacob. A former relationship between Jacob and the bride's mother further unsettles the family as the wedding plans come under question.
Ben Mercer returns home for his aunt’s funeral, two years after the events of Leaving Home.
In 1926, Jacob returns to Coley's Point and discovers Mary, whom he had dated before moving to Toronto, is engaged to another man; he tries to win her back.