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Tatyana Repina. Drama in 1 act by Anton Chekhov.
Dedicated to A.S. Suvorin. Saint-Petersburg, A.S. Suvorin, 1889. 35
pages, 12°. In a soft plain cover and in a wrapper. Only 3(!) copies
printed by A.S. Suvorin. The book is a legend! The so called «Pleshcheev’s» copy.
From bibliographical sources it is known that there are
3 copies of the A.P. Chekhov’s legendary play «Tatiana Repina»:
1st copy – «Chekhov’s copy» – with Chekhov’s own signature on the
title page (Yalta).
2nd copy – «Efremov’s copy» – with A.S. Suvorin’s signature.
3rd copy – «Pleshcheev’s copy» – without a signature, with A.S.
Suvorin’s book plate.
Its genre is dreaming, and everything is possible in a dream, no
wonder the book was destined to have a mysterious life...
The play was written in early March 1889, and its plot is related the
same name 4-act comedy by A.S. Suvorin which was premiered on
11/12/1888 in Saint-Petersburg and on 16/01/1889 in Moscow. The
Suvorin’s «Tatiana» had an enormous success with public and there was
a lot of talk about it...more... |
