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The Seducer of Seville (Maslov)
The Seducer of Seville
also: Севильский обольститель, Sevilsky obolstitel
A verse play proposed by A. N. Maslov (Bezhetsky) and described in his (non-surviving) second letter to Chekhov; Chekhov judges it unsuitable for Korsh's theater because it is written in verse and would need special sets, costumes, and more rehearsal than Korsh's light vaudeville repertoire allows.
Reading notes
- To A. S. Suvorin, 3 November 1888. Moscow. §11 I would have liked "The Seducer" put on
Alexei Maslov's (Bezhetsky's) play, already established in this corpus (discussed at greater length in's headnote); this letter documents its apparent stalling at Korsh's theater due to the run of mishaps described in the same section.
- To A. S. Suvorin, 11 November 1888. Moscow. §7 I can't for the life of me get a straight answer: will Maslov's play go on or not?
Continues the uncertainty over the production of Alexei Maslov's (writing as Bezhetsky) play at Korsh's, already tracked in this corpus at and; this letter documents the uncertainty persisting.
- To A. S. Suvorin, 28 February 1890. Moscow. §8 Maslov's play
\emph{The Seducer of Seville}, the verse play by A. N. Maslov (pen name Bezhetsky) that Chekhov had earlier judged unsuitable for Korsh's light vaudeville repertoire; its production is now going forward, with rehearsals expected in early April -- the same news Chekhov reports secondhand, via Lensky, a few weeks later in (\S12).
- To A. S. Suvorin, 1 April 1890. Moscow. §11 "The Seville Seducer" is not an original play, but a translation
Chekhov relays an actor's secondhand claim, passed on without independent verification, that Maslov's play "Севильский обольститель" is adapted or translated rather than wholly original -- offered as a minor, unconfirmed piece of theater gossip alongside the more encouraging report that the play itself "is going well" in production (the actor in it "isn't cursing it").