"Lev Tolstoy sincerely loved Chekhov, but did not like his plays. He told Chekhov once, 'A playwright should take the theater-goer by the hand, and lead him in the direction he wants him to go. And where can I follow your character? To the couch in the living-room and back"because your character has no other place to go.'" -excerpt from a new collection of firsthand Chekhov reminiscences, Memories of Chekhov (The…
SOURCE: The Playgoer at 03:56PM on July 19, 2011