Selected Letters, edited by Lillian Hellman. Literary and Theatrical Reminiscences, edited by S. 1895 as The Island: A Journey to Sakhalin, 1967. 1923 as That Worthless Fellow Platonov, 1930 as Don Juan (in the Russian Manner), 1952 as Platonov, 1964. 1901 as The Three Sisters, in Plays 2, 1916. In P'esy, 1897 revised version (produced1898), 1904 as The Seagull, in Plays 1, 1912. In P'esy, 1897 as Uncle Vanya, in Plays 1, 1912.Ĭhaika (produced 1896). 1889 as The Wedding, in Plays 2, 1916.ĭiadia Vania (produced 1896). In P'esy, 1897 as Swan Song, in Plays 1, 1912. In P'esy, 1897 translated as Ivanov, in Plays 1, 1912. Ivanov (produced 1887 revised version, produced 1889). The Early Stories 1883-1888, edited by Patrick Miles and Harvey>Pitcher.

The Unknown Chekhov: Stories and Other Writings Hitherto Untranslated, edited by A. Longer Stories from the Last Decade, translated by ConstanceGarnett. The Oxford Chekhov, edited by Ronald Hingley. Polnoe sobranie sochinenii i pisem, edited by S.D. Member: Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1900 (resigned, 1902). Lived in Melikhovo from 1892-99 and Yalta after 1899. Career: Freelance writer for humorous magazines, 1879-84 practicing doctor in Moscow, 1884-92. Family: Married the actress Olga Knipper, 1901. Education: A school for Greek boys, Taganrog, 1867-68 Taganrog grammar school, 1868-79 Moscow University Medical School, 1879-84, graduated as a doctor, 1884. Excerpts from Knipper's memoirs and brief footnotes offer further insight. Although the repetition of pet names and small talk on the weather wears thin, such minutiae help bring the letters-and the principles-alive. Benedetti's translations have a welcome contemporary flair and provide an enjoyable, romantic read. Later, the letter writing became a form of therapy for Knipper as she continued to address Chekhov in a journal following his death. Their bond sustained the couple through several theater seasons, increasingly serious bouts of illness and a miscarriage. Chekhov supplied her with the calming, encouraging antidote of his sweet and sensitive comments. Knipper's dramatic descriptions of life in Moscow were frequently awash with her insecurities about her stage performances of Chekhov's work or her relationship with his mother and overbearing sister. Love blossoms long-distance between the sickly playwright, forced to stay in the warmer regions of Yalta for his tuberculosis, and the rising star of the Moscow Art Theater. Benedetti (Stanislavski) delivers an illuminating and heartfelt volume of the correspondence between Chekhov and his friend, lover and, eventually, wife, Olga Knipper, from 1899 to Chekhov's death in 1904.

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