Add this topic to your myFT Digest for news straight to your inbox
Truths are revealed in a traditionally-clad production of Chekhov’s drama
The actor and playwright discuss their one-man version, which restores the Russian’s funny, sexy and deeply humane spirit
Tom Hollander and Will Keen excel in Peter Morgan’s riveting new drama. Plus: Emilia Clarke in The Seagull; Peaky Blinders goes immersive
A study of seven stories by Chekhov, Tolstoy and others puts the mystery of the muse into words
The Russian playwright’s appreciation of the natural and medical worlds has inspired a series of ‘healing’ spaces
Gone are the cobwebs and the Edwardian gentility as fresh stage revivals reinterpret the great Russian playwright
Chekhov’s great drama at the Lyric Hammersmith is refreshing, funny and sad
A rare chance for Londoners to hear Chekhov as experienced by a native audience
Trevor Griffiths’ 1977 version of Chekhov’s drama has its first London staging
A production that finds fresh affinity with Chekhov’s restless characters
Cate Blanchett excels in this adaptation of Chekhov’s ‘unperformable’ first play
Diane Lane struggles in the lead role of this muddled production
The characters are vibrantly alive in three plays that show a great dramatist finding his voice
Robert Icke’s staging is a radical update of Chekhov’s masterpiece, with both costs and benefits
Chekhov’s drama is given a thoughtful, naturalistic staging
A revelatory staging of Chekhov’s first three full-length plays
A village in the Loire valley is home to a young festival aiming to challenge the French theatre establishment
Matthew Dunster’s staging is sharp and clever, though it undermines the play’s emotional impact
Chekhov’s theme of the social disruptiveness of liberalism also describes Britain today
Can the new generation of writers revive a great tradition?
In daytime TV loan ads, money is made to seem easy to come by. In ‘12 Portraits’, life itself becomes simple
Tamsin Greig gives a devastating performance in this play composed from two of Chekhov’s short stories
A superb evening – provided you focus on the music and ignore every other aspect of this Chekhov staging
International Edition