A cycle of comedies based on short stories by ANTON CHEKHOV
Today we think of Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) as the great dramatist and author of stage plays like The Cherry Orchard, Uncle Vanya, The Seagull and The Three Sisters. But he came to literature through the back door.
In the 1880s he was a penniless medical student. He began to write humorous anecdotes, sketches, reviews, and comic monologues - hundreds of them-for Moscow newspapers and magazines.
A selection has been joined together to make Merry-go-Round, the longest and most famous being Tale of a Double Bass.
1: Gratitude
2: Tale of a Double Bass
3: An Anti-tobacco Lecture
4: Ladies' Fashion
5: Day of Reckoning
English version recorded at World Wide Sound. London
Artistic director ABRAM FRIEDIN A TELEFILM production