Watching dramatisations of Chekhov's early short stories, Michael Billington finds the writer sketching out his caustic portrait of the Russian character " complete with drunken fishermen and flirtatious wivesGiven the bleakness of the news coming out of Ukraine, it is a pleasant shock to find a short season celebrating the country's culture taking place at St James's theatre, London. There are films and a photograph…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:45AM on September 15, 2015