Hampstead theatre, LondonMichael Frayn excavates Chekhov's six-hour drama, written when he was 20, for this bittersweet comedy about a schoolteacher torn between romantic rivalsIt is strange seeing Michael Frayn's play so soon after David Hare's Platonov since both are hewn from the same prolix, six-hour text Anton Chekhov wrote when he was 20. What gives the occasion added poignancy is that this production was initi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04AM on December 9, 2016