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  • 29 Aug 2014:

    Mark Lawson: It's fairly easy to bag Chekhov's quartet of masterpieces, but getting to see productions of all the Shakespearean canon is a much bigger challenge

  • 13 Aug 2014:

    From Robert Bloch's Psycho to Chekhov's Lady With the Dog, Mark Watson explores the magnetism of hotels for novelists

  • 5 out of 5
    Leviathan 22 May 2014:

    Andrei Zvyagintsev's latest is a very strong contender for the Palme d'Or – a mix of Hobbes, Chekhov and the Bible, and full of extraordinary images and magnificent symmetry

  • 3 out of 5
    6 May 2014: Chekhov's characters encounter the Beatles, pop art and mini-skirts in rural Scotland, writes Mark Fisher
  • 3 out of 5
    25 Apr 2014:

    Andrei Konchalovsky reveals his movie background in this double bill with compelling performances, writes Michael Billington

  • Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky 22 Apr 2014:

    How did an auteur who started out working with Tarkovsky end up being fired from Tango & Cash? Andrei Konchalovsky talks to Stephen Moss about $90m flops, being mentored by Billy Wilder – and killed by Disney

  • 17 Apr 2014:

    The dark and panoramic Three Sisters has been relocated to the Middle East and set among British diplomats and military, writes David Jays

  • 4 out of 5
    2 Mar 2014: Anya Reiss overlooks the wider context in her vivid reimagining of Chekhov, writes Clare Brennan
  • 4 out of 5
    The Seagull 26 Feb 2014:

    Chris Honer's production – his last as artistic director of the Library theatre – is entirely faithful to the spirit of Chekhov, writes Alfred Hickling

  • 4 out of 5
    20 Feb 2014:

    Brian Friel's audacious, Chekhovian epilogue is short, masterful and hilarious, writes Alfred Hickling

  • 19 Dec 2013:

    Matt Trueman: In John Donnelly's brilliant new version for Headlong, Chekhov's play became entirely – almost eerily – contemporary

  • Goosebury bush 11 Dec 2013:

    Chris Power: Chekhov's story of happiness, self-deception and cruelty is not a reassuring read, but the richness of the writing delivers deepening pleasure with each revisit

  • 22 Nov 2013: This anthology is a nice crash course for would-be Muscovites travelling literally or literately, writes WB Gooderham
  • 14 Nov 2013:

    No Hamlet. No Willy Loman. No Jimmy Porter. Male characters have always been centre stage. So what are the great parts for women? We asked Britain's leading actresses to tell us

  • 8 Oct 2013: New research shows works by writers such as Charles Dickens and Téa Obreht sharpen our ability to understand others' emotions – more than thrillers or romance novels, writes Liz Bury

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