Ann Dunnigan Kennard ( July â€" September ) was an American actress
and teacher who later became a translator of th-century Russian
literature.Born in Los Angeles County, Dunnigan spent most of her
early life in San Francisco until she left California to attend
Principia College in Elsah, Illinois. She then moved to New York,
where she performed in two Broadway plays and a number of Off-Broadway
productions.In she played the role of Suzanne Barres in the premier
of Hatcher Hughes' three-act comedy The Lord Blesses the Bishop. The
production ran from late November to December at the Adelphi Theatre
in Manhattan. At the Fulton Theatre in she played Jessie Travis in
Cheryl Crawford's production of All the Living, a drama that Hardie
Albright adapted from Victor Small's novel, I Knew , Lunatics.After a
stint as a speech teacher, her interest in the work of Anton Chekhov
led her to study the Russian language. She eventually translated of
Chekhov's short stories and novellas, which New American Library
anthologized as Anton Chekhov: Selected Stories () and Ward Six and
Other Stories (), respectively. Chekhov: The Major Plays (New American
Library, ) compiles Dunnigan's translations of five of Chekhov's
four-act plays: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and
The Cherry Orchard; each of these translations has been performed
onstage.
and teacher who later became a translator of th-century Russian
literature.Born in Los Angeles County, Dunnigan spent most of her
early life in San Francisco until she left California to attend
Principia College in Elsah, Illinois. She then moved to New York,
where she performed in two Broadway plays and a number of Off-Broadway
productions.In she played the role of Suzanne Barres in the premier
of Hatcher Hughes' three-act comedy The Lord Blesses the Bishop. The
production ran from late November to December at the Adelphi Theatre
in Manhattan. At the Fulton Theatre in she played Jessie Travis in
Cheryl Crawford's production of All the Living, a drama that Hardie
Albright adapted from Victor Small's novel, I Knew , Lunatics.After a
stint as a speech teacher, her interest in the work of Anton Chekhov
led her to study the Russian language. She eventually translated of
Chekhov's short stories and novellas, which New American Library
anthologized as Anton Chekhov: Selected Stories () and Ward Six and
Other Stories (), respectively. Chekhov: The Major Plays (New American
Library, ) compiles Dunnigan's translations of five of Chekhov's
four-act plays: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and
The Cherry Orchard; each of these translations has been performed
onstage.
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