Running invisible endurance feats, the characters of Anton Chekhov expose what Henry David Thoreau called "lives of quiet desperation." When the good doctor's creations, compassionately but uncompromisingly presented, break loose from boredom and emotional paralysis, it's only to crash into unrequited love. Like T.S. Eliot's forlorn J. Alfred Prufrock, they measure out their lives in […] The post Highly Recommended…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:35AM on December 21, 2023