Summary
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of Anton Chekhov. Born in 1860, Chekhov trained as a doctor and for most of his adult life divided his time between medicine and writing. Best known for plays including The Cherry Orchard and Three Sisters, he is also celebrated today as one of the greatest of short story writers. His works are often powerful character studies and chronicle the changing nature of Russian society in the late nineteenth century.
With:
Catriona Kelly Professor of Russian at the University of Oxford
Cynthia Marsh Emeritus Professor of Russian Drama and Literature at the University of Nottingham
Rosamund Bartlett Founding Director of the Anton Chekhov Foundation and former Reader in Russian at the University of Durham.
Producer: Thomas Morris.
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| 0:44.0 | Hello, a little over a century ago, the Times Literary Supplement reviewed the first English |
| 0:49.2 | translation of players by Anton Chekhov. |
| 0:52.1 | The reviewer wrote, Chekhov. The reviewer wrote, |
| 0:53.0 | Chekhov died some eight years ago, not much over 40 years of age. |
| 0:57.0 | Loved and admired at last by his countrymen after the artistic theatre at Moscow |
| 1:02.0 | rescued him from oblivion and contempt. |
| 1:04.0 | Will he attain to love and admiration in England? |
| 1:07.0 | We believe not. |
| 1:09.0 | History has proved that verdict wrong. |
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