Platonov : A Play

In 1997, David Hare adapted the little-known play, Ivanov, and revealed the young Anton Chekhov as a markedly different writer from the one English-speaking audiences were familiar with. Now he has produced a streamlined new version of Chekhov's freshman drama Platonov—an abandoned seven-hour manuscript in which Chekhov recasts Don Juan as a Russian schoolmaster.

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was one of Russia's leading writers, equally renowned for his dramas and short stories. David Hare is the author of over a dozen plays, including Via Dolorosa, The Judas Kiss, and Skylight.