periodical
The Artist
also: Артист
\emph{Artist}, a Moscow theatrical and literary journal of the late 1880s-90s; the narrator invokes fear of what its editors would say as the reason he suppresses his urge to act in a vaudeville, a joke about performed high-mindedness policing itself.
Reading notes
- To A. S. Suvorin, 23 October 1889. Moscow. §5 "Artist"
A Moscow theatrical journal launched in 1889 that printed plays currently in repertoire; Chekhov's assessment here ("respectable on the outside and dull within") is characteristically blunt. The journal had repeatedly asked him, rather than Suvorin, for permission to reprint his own vaudevilles from "Novoye Vremya" -- see the running thread of Artist-journal letters (676, 681, 682, 695) for the fuller back-and-forth over reprint terms.
- To A. S. Lazarev, 23 November 1889. Moscow. §5 The Artist
\emph{Артист} (\emph{The Artist}), a Moscow theatrical/literary journal that printed only plays already passed by the censor and slated for the stage repertoire -- the reason Chekhov says it cannot print Lazarev's play yet.
- To A. N. Pleshcheyev, 12 December 1889. Moscow. §3 the office of
"Artist."
The Moscow theatrical/literary journal \emph{Artist} ("Артист", periodical:artist-journal), from whose editorial office Chekhov is writing this letter at the staff's own request, relaying a business message on their behalf.
- To E. M. Shavrova, 19 November 1891. Moscow. §4 "At the Circus" was rejected for some reason even by "The Artist,"
"Артист" (The Artist), a Moscow theatrical and literary journal of the late 1880s-90s. Chekhov's "even" ("даже") implies The Artist was not a particularly exacting or prestigious gatekeeper, making its rejection of Shavrova's story a mildly deflating detail rather than a serious verdict on her talent.
- To F. A. Kumanin, 8 January 1890. Petersburg. §5 For "Artist" "The Wood Demon" is positively worthless
\emph{Artist} ("Артист"), the Moscow literary-theatrical journal edited by Kumanin, which had apparently arranged and part-paid (see the following note on the 200 roubles) to print the play; Chekhov argues here that publishing a text already judged a stage failure would do the journal no good.
- To M. P. Chekhova, 14 January 1890. Petersburg. §10 a letter from Misha about \"Artist\"
\emph{Artist} ("Артист"), the Moscow literary-theatrical journal edited by F. A. Kumanin that had arranged to print Chekhov's play \emph{The Wood Demon}; see, written the same week, where Chekhov asks Kumanin directly to withdraw the play from the journal after its poor Moscow stage reception.
- To F. A. Kumanin, 10 December 1890. Moscow. §8 at the offices of "Artist,"
\emph{Artist} ("Артист"), the Moscow literary-theatrical journal Kumanin edited, founded in 1889; the envelope routes the letter to Kumanin at the journal's editorial offices rather than a private address.
- To F. A. Kumanin, December 1890. Moscow. §4 I received the journal issue, and thank you for it
Almost certainly an issue of \emph{Artist} (\emph{Артист}), the journal Kumanin edited -- the natural reading given the addressee, though the letter does not name the journal outright.
- In Moscow §22 The Artist
A Moscow theatrical and literary journal of the late 1880s-90s; the narrator's fear of what its editors would think of him playing in a vaudeville is a joke about performed high-mindedness policing itself.