The Economist (US), March 14th, 1998
DEAR WRITER, DEAR ACTRESS-THE LOVE LETTERS OF ANTON CHEKHOV AND OLGA KNIPPER. Edited and translated by Jean Benedetti. The Ecco Press; 320 pages; $24. Methuen; K18.99
"GREETINGS, last page of my life", the tuberculosis-ridden Anton Chekhov scribbled at the end of a letter his sister sent to Olga Knipper, not long after they first met. The daughter of German parents, Knipper had just finished her studies under a playwright, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, and had decided upon a career in the theatre. Chekhov spotted her playing Arkadina at a rehearsal of his new play, "The Seagull", staged by...
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