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Anton Chekhov

Theatre director Sir Richard Eyre nominates Russian writer Anton Chekhov. With Humphrey Carpenter. From May 2004.

Theatre director Richard Eyre tells Humphrey Carpenter why he's nominated the Russian writer Anton Chekhov as a "great life".

Rosamund Bartlett, Chekhov's latest biographer, helps to explain how he became "the nearest rival to Shakespeare".

Producer: Peter Everett

First broadcast on 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 in 2004.

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