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Theatre, 1956, February, 18
Clurman, Harold | February 18, 1956 issue

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The article presents the author Harold Clurman's views on Anton Chekov's qualities as a dramatist. Chekov triumphs because the gentleness and goodness of his soul, the wit of his understanding, the acuteness of his observation are so balanced, so loving, so unemphatically honest, probing, discreet, economical and impeccably true in taste and tone that every moment of his plays is transformed into the most penetrating poetry. There is in Chekov a personal modesty withal. These serve to make for an apparently effortless perfection of dramatic craftsmanship beside which the slick technique of most other playwrights strikes one as the work of vulgar hacks.

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CHEKOV, Anton; CLURMAN, Harold; PERFORMING arts; THEATER; POETRY; DRAMA
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