Chekhov's life has provided rich dramatic material for other playwrights, as has Joe Orton's " who else might suit the treatment?Is it wise to write a play about a playwright? We accept it as a little indulgence when pop stars sing about pop stars " Rumer paying tribute to Aretha Franklin, Dexy's Midnight Runners saluting Geno Washington, ABC lauding Smokey Robinson " but there's a danger of a kind of dramatic short-…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:07PM on October 11, 2011