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Little is right in Chekhov letters play.

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From: The Boston Herald
Date: 19990223
Author:Fanger, Iris

Anton Chekhov, the great Russian playwright, married Olga Knipper, leading lady of the Moscow Art Theatre, in 1901, at a private ceremony with only four witnesses in attendance.

Across town, 25 of their friends and relatives waited for the couple at a wedding dinner Chekhov had arranged. The bride and groom never showed up. At age 40, Chekhov had little time for ceremonies.

Dedicated to her career on stage, Knipper knew that Chekhov was ill, yet the two fell in love. Their courtship and marriage is revealed in the letters they wrote endlessly during their many partings.

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