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Chekhov's Death: Fact or Fiction

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Anton Chekhov was in the final stages of tuberculosis when he came to the German spa town of Badenweiler along with his wife, the actress Olga Knipper. With the help of a previously unpublished account by the young student Leo Rabeneck , who was in the room when Chekhovdied, Julian Evans investigates the blend of fact and fiction that surrounds the writer's demise. Part of the series of programmes throughout the week marking the centenary of Chekhov's death. Producer Lore Windemuth See also Disappointment Mon-Fri at 3.30pm; Chekhov's Theatre of Dreams Thu 11.30am; Marriage According to Chekhov Thu 2.15pm ; How to Leave Badenweiler Fri 2.15pm; and Drama on 3 tomorrow at 8pm on Radio 3

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Anton Chekhov
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Olga Knipper.
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Leo Rabeneck
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Julian Evans
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Chekhov Thu
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Badenweiler Fri

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