Letter · 1892

To I. M. Kondratyev, 22 February 1892. Moscow.

И. М. КОНДРАТЬЕВУ, 22 февраля 1892 г. Москва.

Headnote

Addressed to Ivan Maksimovich Kondratyev, agent of the Society of Russian Dramatic Writers and Opera Composers – the same correspondent, addressed by the same "Ivan Maksimovich" formula, as (28 February 1889), where Chekhov likewise asked him to prepare a bill, almost certainly for performance royalties owed on his plays. Two other letters in this batch (, to Bilibin, and, to Tikhonov) share the same 22 February 1892 date but are distinct documents to different addressees, confirmed by their separate headers.

The letter is purely transactional: a request that Kondratyev prepare an account/bill, followed by a brief item of news – Chekhov reports that he has just finished writing a one-act comic play, "The Jubilee" ("Юбилей"), described in the source with the genre tag "шутка в I действии, оригин." (a joke/farce in one act, original), and that it has already cleared theatrical censorship. "The Jubilee" is a real, well-attested Chekhov one-act farce of this period; no ambiguity in identification.

22 February 1892. Moscow.
22 февраля 1892 г. Москва.
22 February.
22 февраль.
Much-esteemed Ivan Maksimovich, be so good as to prepare a bill for me. Incidentally, I inform you that I have written, and the censor has approved, a play, "The Jubilee," a joke in one act, original.
Многоуважаемый Иван Максимович, будьте добры, приготовьте мне счет. Кстати сообщаю Вам, что мною написана и цензурою разрешена пьеса "Юбилей", шутка в I действии, оригин.
Sincerely yours, with respect,
Искренно Вас уважающий

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