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A Tragedian in Spite of Himself (farce)
A Tragedian in Spite of Himself
also: Трагик поневоле
A one-act farce Chekhov adapted, by his own account rather badly, from his earlier comic story "Tragik", fulfilling a promise made the previous winter to the actor Varlamov; sent to the censor in this letter with a request that the approved copy be issued to Bazarov for lithographing.
Reading notes
- To I. L. Leontyev, 6 May 1889. Sumy. §7 "A Tragedian in Spite of Himself"
Chekhov's own one-act farce, adapted (by his own admission rather badly) from his earlier comic story "Tragik" for Varlamov. Newly catalogued here as a distinct entity from the source story: this is the dramatized stage version.
- To I. M. Kondratyev, 18 May 1889. Sumy. §5 A Tragedian in Spite of Himself (A Scene from Summer Life)
Already established as -- the one-act farce Chekhov adapted from his earlier comic story "Tragik," sent to the censor per; this letter reports it as awaiting or newly cleared by the censor about two weeks after that submission, consistent with the timeline.
- To A. Dmitriyev, 21 September 1889. Moscow. §5 my play "A
Tragedian in Spite of Himself"
"Трагик поневоле", Chekhov's one-act farce adapted from his earlier comic story "Tragik"; at this date newly written and, as the letter itself notes, not yet performed anywhere -- this letter helps date its earliest performance history via private Petersburg stagings.