In this episode Professor Donald Rayfield guides us through the life and times of Anton Chekhov.

In Part 1 he takes us up to the 1890s just before Chekhov writes The Seagull.

Mr Rayfield is the foremost biographer of Chekhov and we were honoured to explore his extraordinary biography with him.

Please buy his book wherever you can to learn more about one of the great dramatists in human history.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anton-Chekhov-Life-Rayfield/dp/0810117959

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At our next event we bring you a rare performance of the Calvary, Purgatory and The Resurrection by W.B. Yeats with a response from acclaimed Yeats biographer, R.F. Foster

We hope to see you there.

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