Are You There Crocodile? Inventing Anton Chekhov

Oberon Books, 2003. 1840021926. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. 279, illus with b&w frontispiece photo (no inscriptions).

London Oberon Books, 2003, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. -- Historical research into the culture and contemporaries of Chekhov's Russia, and the author's preparations for his own play: this book also contains the complete text of Pennington's one-man play "Anton Chekhov." -- Hardcover. Condition: near fine, with near fine dust jacket. ISBN 1840021926

Paperback / softback. New. Includes accounts of the writer's work on Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment", Tolstoy's "Strider" and other Russian projects, as well as essays on how Anton Chekhov's four masterpieces actually work in the theatre. This book is a study of the great writer, a partial autobiography, and, an actor's search for identification with the Anton.

Paperback / softback. New. Includes accounts of the writer's work on Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment", Tolstoy's "Strider" and other Russian projects, as well as essays on how Anton Chekhov's four masterpieces actually work in the theatre. This book is a study of the great writer, a partial autobiography, and, an actor's search for identification with the Anton.