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From: Manila Bulletin
Date: 20030411
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Byline: SIMON CALLOW

Are You There, Crocodile? Inventing Anton Chekhov

By Michael Pennington, 218pp.

NOT SO LONG ago, in one of those preposterous polls to which newspapers are so curiously addicted, The Cherry Orchard was found to be the greatest play ever written. Leading directors throughout the world had been canvassed, and this was the conclusion. However dubious the psephology, the poll expressed a general truth: the plays of Anton Chekhov hold a place in the affections of actors and directors like no other.

Until fairly recently, this enthusiasm was not ...

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