Tag: Anton Chekhov

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

Any idiot can face a crisis, it’s day to day living that wears you out. – Russian physician, playwright and author Anton Chekhov was born on this day in 1860 (died 1904) I recently saw Stupid F**king Bird at Quill Theatre, a modern adaptation of Chekhov’s The Seagull which I have neither seen nor read since college. …

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It’s in the briefs…er…brief

Brevity is the sister of talent. – Anton Chekhov Just because you have access to all the words, there’s nothing that says you have to use them all. In fact, quite the contrary. Sometimes less really is more. In fact, most of the time. Maybe not if you’re writing Les Miserables, or Gone With the …

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