This text attempts to map the unique structure and meaning that comprise Chekhov's immensely rich artistic universe. The prime components of his theatrical tech
āIām having absolutely nothing to do with the theatre or the human race. They can all go to hell.ā ā Anton Chekhov During the turmoil of the Russian Rev
In 1890 the Russian author Chekhov undertook an historic journey across Siberia to the convict island of Sakhalin. A hundred years later, in an isolated artist'
? Casts new light on how Chekhovs plays can be interpreted and enacted ? The author explores all the prime components of Chekhovs theatrical technique: text con
Of the thirty volumes in the authoritative Academy edition of Chekhov's collected works, fully twelve are devoted to the writer's letters. This is the first boo