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4: Sisters in a Soviet World by OLGA FRANKLIN with Margaret Tyzack as Olga Knipper-Chekhova
Anton Chekhov died at the age of 44. His widow, Olga, the celebrated actress, and his sister, Masha, survived him by half a century.
This programme, based on Olga Knipper 's recently published memoirs, shows how two Chekhovian women lived in a communist world.
Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING (Rptd: Thurs 7.45 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Soviet World
Unknown:
Olga Franklin
Unknown:
Margaret Tyzack
Unknown:
Olga Knipper-Chekhova
Unknown:
Anton Chekhov
Unknown:
Olga Knipper
Directed By:
Christopher Venning
Narrator:
Murray Brown
Maria Pavlovna Chekhova:
Hilda Schroder
Vitaly Vilenkin:
John Rowe
K S Stanislavsky:
Malcolm Hayes
V I Nemirovich-Danchenko:
David Graham
Alexander Pavlovich Chekhov:
Michael Shannon
Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov:
David Neal
Margaret Sperry:
Thelma Whiteley
M 0 Knebel:
Amanda Jessel
Gordon Craig:
John Ruddock
Source: Radio Times

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