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The Seducer of Seville
"The Seducer of Seville"
also: Севильский обольститель, Sevilsky Obolstitel
A play in the Don Juan/Don Giovanni tradition (ultimately descending from Tirso de Molina's "El Burlador de Sevilla"), current on the Russian stage in this period; Chekhov asks Suvorin only whether it will be given after Easter, without further comment. Not otherwise elaborated in this corpus.
Reading notes
- To A. S. Suvorin, 20 February 1889. Moscow. §6 Will "The Seducer of Seville" be given after Easter?
A stage play in the Don Juan/Don Giovanni tradition, new to this corpus; asked about only as a passing question of theater scheduling, with no further comment from Chekhov.