Are You There, Crocodile?: Inventing Anton Chekhov"Michael Pennington retraces his ten-year search via Moscow, Siberia and London for identification with the elusive Chekhov - a journey that offers insight into the Russia in which the playwright and his contemporaries lived. Tolstoy, Gorky and Dostoyevsky all make their appearances, along with the artist Levitan and members of Chekhov's family; his wife and leading actress Olga Knipper, his sister and brothers, his parents Pavel and Evgenia, and even his dog Quinine. We follow the opening of 'Anton Chekhov' at the National Theatre in London and its subsequent life on tour, television and radio, as actor and subject fall uncannily into step with each other. Includes the complete text of 'Anton Chekhov' by Michael Pennington, as performed in its recent revivals at the Old Vic and Chichester Festival Theatre."--Book jacket. |
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 8 |
SEVERAL HUNDREDWEIGHT OF LOVE | 29 |
SIBERIA | 48 |
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