Chekov, who had the brilliant idea of writing plays about groups of people who are all more or less dissatisfied with their lives. In other words: real life.
M.A. Peel
· 1 year ago
Kathleen, I have never seen any Chekov; maybe this is the moment. I would like to see Dianne Wiest, since I enjoyed her performance so much on In Treatment.
Kathleen Maher
· 1 year ago
In the assistant director's note was a story about Chekov showing his play to Tolstoy, described as his mentor. Tolstoy didn't respond for an uncomfortably long time and eventually chided him for wasting his time on plays when he was such a fine short story writer. The tale has Tolstoy snorting in derision that Chekov's effort was "almost as bad as Shakespeare." Chekov left immediately, and when his carriage was out of range shouted in delight to the heavens: "Almost as bad as Shakespeare!"
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Chekov left immediately, and when his carriage was out of range shouted in delight to the heavens: "Almost as bad as Shakespeare!"