institution
The Literary and Artistic Circle (St. Petersburg)
Lit. and Art. Circle
also: Лит и Худ, Литературно-артистический кружок, Lit. and Art.
A St. Petersburg literary-theatrical club with its own box at the theater, abbreviated by Chekhov as "Лит И" ("Lit. and Art."); he imagines sitting there with Suvorin to hiss a bad play off the stage. Distinct from the Moscow-based institution:moscow-artistic-circle and institution:artistic-circle-moscow-theatrical, which are separate Moscow institutions.
Reading notes
- To A. S. Suvorin, 4 May 1889. Sumy. §10 sitting in the "Lit. and Art." box,
"Лит И" -- an abbreviation for the Literary and Artistic Circle (institution:literary-artistic-circle-petersburg), a St. Petersburg theatrical-literary club with its own theater box, distinct from the Moscow-based artistic circles elsewhere in this corpus (institution:moscow-artistic-circle, institution:artistic-circle-moscow-theatrical).