Dear Writer-- Dear Actress--: The Love Letters of Olga Knipper and Anton Chekhov
- ISBN-10
- 0413776379
- ISBN-13
- 9780413776372
- Category
- Actresses
- Pages
- 300
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-11-09
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing
- Authors
- Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Jean Benedetti, Olga Knipper
Description
Chekhov was bound to Yalta through illness as Knipper was bound to her theatrical work in Moscow. These love letters testify to their great love for one another. Benedetti reveals in these letters one of theatre's great love stories.
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Other editions
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- 1996
- 291 pages
- Paperback
- Methuen Drama
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