Production
Read by: D. S. Harvey
Produced by: D. S. Harvey
Artwork
Cover: Still life with jewels violin globe and book. 19th century, anonymous
Inset: Frans Hals - Violin player in a dune landscape 1930
Inset: Anton Chekhov with a bow tie, author unknown
DVD insert: Vanitas - still life with a skull, a violin, a musical score, a pipe and tobacco, an hourglass and a candle on a draped table, c. 1630-1658, Carstian Luyckx
Yakov Ivanov is an elderly coffin-maker in a small village with a population that doesn’t generate enough deaths for him to make any real money. He is also a fiddler who sometimes sits in with a Jewish klezmer orchestra in spite of his dislike of Jews and of the flutist, Rothschild, in particular. Marfa, his long-suffering and unloved wife, becomes mortally ill with a contagious illness. He struggles to recall their shared past as he builds her coffin and soon he, too, succumbs to mortal illness, provoking a self-searching meditation and a change of heart.
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| Item Info | |
| EAN - DVD case | 0686175924497 |
| EAN - CD jacket | 0687700170372 |
| Media | MP3 CD |
| Package | DVD case, CD .jacket, CD sleeve, download |
| Author | Anton Chekhov |
| Year | 1894 |
| Recording | |
| Read by | D. S. Harvey |
| Length | 26 minutes |
| Type of Reading | Solo readings |
Rothschild's Fiddle
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Product Code: DB-6019
- Availability: In Stock
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