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Literature Is My Mistress, Medicine My Wife

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Anton Chekhov - a life reflected in his own writings, the words of his family and friends and the characters who people his plays.
3: The Hero Either
Marries or Shoots Himself!
'Yesterday there was a wedding - a real Cossack affair. I saw lots of prospective brides. An enormous choice, but I was so drunk that I took bottles for girls and girls for bottles!'
With John Baddeley , John Bull, Michael Graham Cox , Tara Dominick , Charles Kay , Michael Kilgarriff ,
Jane Slavin , Simon Treves and Geoffrey Whitehead. Producer Rosemary Hart Stereo

Contributors

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Anton Chekhov
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John Baddeley
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Michael Graham Cox
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Tara Dominick
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Charles Kay
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Michael Kilgarriff
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Jane Slavin
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Simon Treves
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Geoffrey Whitehead.
Producer:
Rosemary Hart
Chekhov:
David Suchet
Yelena:
Janet Suzman
Ivanov:
John Rowe
Maria Chekhov:
Anna Massey
Mikhail Chekhov:
Nicholas Farrell
Alexander Chekhov:
David Goudge
Yevgenia Chekhov:
Jo Kendall
Suvorin:
David King
Tchaikovsky:
John Moffatt
Lydia Avilova:
Polly James

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