A Chekhov Circus
A guide to the short stories of Anton Chekhov
A poor family falls to ruin in what seems to be a cursed apartment building.
Two men make a late night visit to the local pharmacy so as to flirt with the pharmacist’s wife.
A sour coffin maker, coming to the end of his life, regrets his rough treatment of his wife.
In a modest country inn, a man traveling with his young daughter recalls the errors he has made in his life, and hopes to rectify them in a new job on the steppe.
A bailiff and a shepherd worry that the natural world is being despoiled.
A couple eavesdrop on their daughter and her suitor, hoping to force a marriage proposal.
A flighty teenager daydreams about life and religion.
A sycophantic clerk accidentally sneezes on his superior, and cannot apologise enough for the insult.
A pompous academic waits in irritation for his incompetent assistant.
A resentful clerk dreams of avenging himself on his superiors, but he can only take out his frustrations on a cockroach.
A Chekhov Circus 