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A Second Youth (Nevezhin)
A Second Youth
also: Вторая молодость, Vtoraya molodost
A domestic drama by Pyotr Nevezhin, a stock repertory piece of the period; Chekhov reports seeing it performed by the amateur Sumy theatre troupe in this letter and dismisses the production with a one-word verdict ("Cobblers"). Reasonably confident but not certain identification -- Chekhov names only the title, not the playwright, though "A Second Youth" is a known Nevezhin play of the era and fits the letter's run of jabs at fashionable but shallow theatrical fare.
Reading notes
- To I. L. Leontyev, 6 May 1889. Sumy. §9 "A Second Youth"
Newly catalogued as likely Pyotr Nevezhin's domestic drama "Vtoraya molodost," a stock repertory piece of the period; a reasonably confident but not certain identification, since Chekhov names only the title, not the author, in his one-word dismissal ("Cobblers") of the Sumy amateur production.