SOURCE: "Chekhov and the Craft of Theater," in Anton Chekhov, translated by Edith Tarcov, Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1972, pp. 62-84.
In the essay below, Melchinger investigates the ways Chekhov overthrew the theatrical conventions of his day.
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