Anton Chekhov, Joseph Wallace
Chekhov wrote some five or six Short Plays, two of them uproarious farces. In this play, he seems to ask his audience to cast off restraint and laugh with him at the stupidity and naivety, as well as good-heartedness, of the people he know so well. In this adaptation, the volume of comedy is turned up even louder as Wallace cleverly infuses Vaudvillian flair and stage trickery, changing the way we see the poor, mourning widow and her hapless suitor forever.
Joseph Wallace is the author of the ever-popular Something's Rotten in the State of Denmark
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Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) was a Russian playwright and author. He is considered to be one of the greatest writers of short fiction in history. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem. Chekhov practiced as a medical ...
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