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Longing is a 2013 play by the Scottish writer William Boyd, based on the short stories My Life ("The Story of a Provincial") and "A Visit to Friends" by the Russian author Anton Chekhov. Its premiere production ran at the Hampstead Theatre in London from 28 February to 6 April 2013 (with the press night on 7 March), directed by Nina Raine and starring Tamsin Greig, Iain Glen, John Sessions, Jonathan Bailey, Natasha Little, Eve Ponsonby and Catrin Stewart. Boyd, who was theatre critic for the University of Glasgow in the 1970s and has many actor friends, refers to his ambition to write a play as finally getting "this monkey off my back". Michael Billington, theatre critic for The Guardian, said that the play is "something of a hybrid: neither pure Boyd nor pure Chekhov. But it works because it deals with eternal Russian themes – and because it is performed with rare musical precision". However, Clare Brennan, for The Observer, said: "Boyd tacks circumstantial details to plotline shreds then trims characters to fit his pattern. The result is not a patch on the originals." References

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Notable quotes

“Do not desire for everything that you hear, for this suffices as gullibility (or foolishness).”
— Ali, .
“Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.”
— Jean de La Fontaine, As quoted in Subcontact : Slap the Face of Fear and Wake Up Your Subconscious‎ (2001) by Dian Benson, p. 149
“I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of books than a king who did not love reading.”
— Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, Letter to his Niece (September 15, 1842).
“So is it other than the religion of Allah they desire, while to Him have submitted (all) those within the heavens and earth, willingly or by compulsion, and to Him they will be returned?”
— Quran 3:83
“Methinks I have a great desire to a bottle of hay: good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.”
— William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream (c. 1595-96), Act IV, scene 1, line 36.
“As the hart panteth after the water-brooks.”
— Psalms. XLII. 1.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Overview

Longing is a 2013 play by the Scottish writer William Boyd, based on the short stories My Life ("The Story of a Provincial") and "A Visit to Friends" by the Russian author Anton Chekhov. Its premiere production ran at the Hampstead Theatre in London from 28 February to 6 April 2013 (with the press night on 7 March), directed by Nina Raine and starring Tamsin Greig, Iain Glen, John Sessions, Jonathan Bailey, Natasha Little, Eve Ponsonby and Catrin Stewart. Boyd, who was theatre critic for the University of Glasgow in the 1970s and has many actor friends, refers to his ambition to write a play as finally getting "this monkey off my back". Michael Billington, theatre critic for The Guardian, said that the play is "something of a hybrid: neither pure Boyd nor pure Chekhov. But it works because it deals with eternal Russian themes – and because it is performed with rare musical precision". However, Clare Brennan, for The Observer, said: "Boyd tacks circumstantial details to plotline shreds then trims characters to fit his pattern. The result is not a patch on the originals." References

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Longing is a 2013 play by the Scottish writer William Boyd, based on the short stories My Life ("The Story of a Provincial") and "A Visit to Friends" by the Russian author Anton Chekhov. Its premiere production ran at the Hampstead Theatre in London from 28 February to 6 April 2013 (with the press night on 7 March), directed by Nina Raine and starring Tamsin Greig, Iain Glen, John Sessions, Jonathan Bailey, Natasha Little, Eve Ponsonby and Catrin Stewart. Boyd, who was theatre critic for the University of Glasgow in the 1970s and has many actor friends, refers to his ambition to write a play as finally getting "this monkey off my back".

Not who you're looking for? Others named Longing: 2006 film by Valeska Grisebach · 2017 film directed by Savi Gabizon · 2025 studio album by Pete Murray · 2024 film directed by Savi Gabizon

Notable quotes

“Do not desire for everything that you hear, for this suffices as gullibility (or foolishness).”
— Ali, .
“Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.”
— Jean de La Fontaine, As quoted in Subcontact : Slap the Face of Fear and Wake Up Your Subconscious‎ (2001) by Dian Benson, p. 149
“I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of books than a king who did not love reading.”
— Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, Letter to his Niece (September 15, 1842).
“So is it other than the religion of Allah they desire, while to Him have submitted (all) those within the heavens and earth, willingly or by compulsion, and to Him they will be returned?”
— Quran 3:83
“Methinks I have a great desire to a bottle of hay: good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.”
— William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream (c. 1595-96), Act IV, scene 1, line 36.
“As the hart panteth after the water-brooks.”
— Psalms. XLII. 1.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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