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PRODUCTION: The Proposal - One Act Play (Comedy Drama) PRODUCTION DATE: Spring 1955 DIRECTED BY: Derek Timmins STAGED: St. Andrews Hall, Burgess Hill SYNOPSIS: Ivan Vassilievich Lomov, a long-time neighbor of Stepan Stepanovich Chubukov has come to propose marriage to Chubukov's 25-year-old daughter, Natalia. But things don't quite go as planned especially as Lomov is a hypochondriac and while trying to make clear his reasons for being there, he gets into arguments with Natalia about a disputed piece of land and ends up having "palpitations" and a numb leg. Things go from bad to worse! PLAYWRIGHT: Anton Chekhov. The plays full title in Russian is 'The Marriage Proposal'. BHTC NOTES: Performed as an evening of three short plays. Its not clear from the information available how many performances were involved.
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