Blogs about: Anton Chekhov

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morley callaghan: the turgenev of toronto? the chekhov of canada?

peter wrote 2 days ago:   The great American critic Edmund Wilson observed that “The Canadian Morley Callaghan, at one … more →

Tags: Canadian Literature, Ernest Hemingway, f. scott fitzgerald, forgotten books and authors, Ivan Turgenev, James Joyce, Margaret Atwood, morley callaghan

Medium Blogging

Escape to Blogs wrote 5 days ago: It has been a tough week. The week before was tough, but every week gets harder, and the number of o … more →

Tags: blogs, Blogging, writing, twitter, Short Story, Short Stories, Libraries, Library, William Boyd

Anton Chekhov - The Shooting Party5 comments

verbivore wrote 1 week ago: Over the weekend I read Chekhov’s only novel, The Shooting Party, which was originally published in … more →

Tags: Book Review, 19th Century Literature, Books

Cacophony in the Cherry Orchard

The Serendipitous Muse wrote 3 weeks ago: I was enticed to watch Lin Zhaohua’s adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s last and most accla … more →

Tags: theatre, Singapore Arts Festival, lin zhaohua, Jiang Wenli, Zhang Yi, esplanade theatre

Quote O' The Day

redclayreport wrote 3 weeks ago: “Any idiot can face a crisis; it’s day to day living that wears you out.” — Anton … more →

Tags: Quote O' The Day, Crisis, daily life

Harper's Island - Episode #9, "Seep" (18)8 comments

mysterycanuck wrote 1 month ago: SPOILER WARNING: United States (and other non-Canadian) viewers will not see this episode on broadca … more →

Tags: Television, mystery/crime, Harper's Island, zork

The Curious Case of Frances Kroll Ring

Bob W. wrote 1 month ago: F. Scott Fitzgerald was never well-served by Hollywood. It was a love/hate relationship that he expl … more →

Tags: Literature, Cinema, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Short Stories, f. scott fitzgerald, frances kroll ring, last call, the last tycoon, Jeremy Irons

A Passage from Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard

snarkydoodle wrote 1 month ago: This is a passage from Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard. Trofimov looks out over the Renevsk … more →

Tags: Literature, Slavery

Stoppard the Press!

thephilologist wrote 1 month ago: I just finished reading Conversations with Stoppard by Mel Gussow.  That would be Tom Stoppard he … more →

Tags: Personal, General, book, Tom Stoppard, Reading, Cigarettes, smoking, Sydney Theatre Company, Travesties

Review - The Cherry Orchard, Old Vic10 comments

Phil (a west end whinger) wrote 1 month ago: The Bridge Project. What’s that all about then?* It’s an unprecedented three-year, trans … more →

Tags: West End Whingers, aluminium harp, Anthony Ward, Entertainment, Ethan Hawke, Kevin Spacey, London, Old Vic, Rebecca Hall

book review: how to write like chekhov

jjackunrau wrote 1 month ago: I received How to Write Like Chekhov from Aileen as part of her effort to incubate within me a Russi … more →

Tags: Travel, Books, writing, Aileen, Review, how to write like chekhov, Russia, Sakhalin, Prison

Review: Court Theatre’s “The Piano Lesson”3 comments

Scotty Zacher wrote 1 month ago: Blossoming with music, Court’s ‘Piano Lesson’ mixes family tensions and struggles … more →

Tags: 2009, Anton Chekhov, Barry Eitel, Black Ensemble Theatre, broadway, Chicago Shakespeare, Congo Square, Court Theatre, eclipse theatre company

Theatre Review: The Cherry Orchard4 comments

feignedmischief wrote 1 month ago: Plot: Madame Ranevskaya (Sinead Cusack), who has spent five years in Paris to escape grief over her … more →

Tags: Simon Russell Beale, Theatre & Performing Arts, Kevin Spacey, Rebecca Hall, Sam Mendes, Sinead Cusack, The Bridge project

Meandering, rambling and then Donald Bartheleme.1 comment

tneal wrote 2 months ago: Cover of Ulysses I have often thought of publishing stuff in hard-copy.  Friend’s works … more →

Tags: Literature, Fiction, Short Story, Minneapolis, donald barthelme, William T. Vollmann

Five Tons & A Bird at the Greenzone

sjamaanka wrote 3 months ago: SEAGULL. When all you really want is to give life the bird. The play’s over! It’s over! … more →

Tags: Theatre Reviews, Emily Mann, project x theatre, Tennessee Williams, The Seagull

Chekhov's "The Cook's Wedding"1 comment

tneal wrote 3 months ago: Image via Wikipedia To-day’s short story was … short.  Written near the beginning … more →

Tags: Literature, Michael Chabon, Short Story, Minneapolis, Ted Gioia, Genre

Chekhov's "The lady with the dog"

tneal wrote 3 months ago: Image via Wikipedia I find myself on this gorgeous Minneapolis day in a Caribou Coffee downto … more →

Tags: Literature, Fiction, Short Story, Lovely Bones, Memory, Love, boredom, Minneapolis, Hipster

Minus the Notebook 4

Aaron wrote 4 months ago: “There is no need to look far; two months ago a man called Byelikov, a colleague of mine, the … more →

Tags: minus the notebook, Layers, Materialism, Keegan

Conversion: My Return from Exile

Pete Hulme wrote 4 months ago: The Prodigal Son The Limitations of the Word Is conversion always the right word to describe what h … more →

Tags: Reflections, Spirituality, Buddhism, Bahá’í, Hitler, Baha'u'llah, Abdu'l-Baha, reductionist, Erich Fromm


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