Chekhov
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It owes nothing to Chekhov — though there are seagulls — but much to a classically Russian sense of humor and a Chaplinesque ingenuity.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
The night before, at its New Stage, she was at a ballet based on an Anton Chekhov work.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
Ms. Schmidt has clearly modeled her comedy-drama on Chekhov, with notable parallels to “The Seagull” and a smidgen of “Uncle Vanya” tossed in.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
In these strengths Mr. Mueenuddin recalls Anton Chekhov, and in fact he has said in interviews that he is never not reading that Russian master.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
“Yes, actually. Right out of college, I did a kind of bad postmodern Chekhov thing, set in the Holocaust era—which is just always a really bad idea—at the Public Theater.”
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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