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Vivid and artful
An Anton Chekhov marathon leaves jack dunleavy emotionally battered but deeply satisfied by the experience

Young Chekhov: Platonov, Ivanov, The Seagull
National Theatre, London SE1
5/5

What’s more daunting, seeing three plays in one day or paying £150 to do so? 

Young Chekhov at the National Theatre takes this question as its secret theme.

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