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Alice Munro, Nobel-winning Canadian Author, Dead At 92

Alice Munro, the Nobel Prize-winning author known as "Canada's Chekhov" for her mastery of the short story, has died at 92, her editor said Tuesday.

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The Cherry Orchard review – Benedict Andrews brings Chekhov bang up to date

Nina Hoss stars in a kookily immersive production but the devastating hammer blow of the Russian tragicomedy is not lost in translation

The Guardian - UK

Uncle Vanya review – Steve Carell leads excellent cast in Chekhov reimagining

The star makes a convincing Broadway debut in a tragicomic winner staged with thought and deft flashes of modernity

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Tony-winning playwright Christopher Durang dies at 75

Durang was a master of satire and black comedy who won a Tony Award for "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist with "Miss Witherspoon."

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‘Wokery’, ‘safe word’ and ‘forever chemical’ added to the Oxford English Dictionary

The OED’s latest update features new terms related to politics, sex, technology and the environment

The Guardian - UK

Poem of the week: Breadcrumbs for the Sparrows by Paul Bailey

Straightforward and subtle, these short poems confront grief and loss with deep feeling, wit and flinty concision

The Guardian - UK

Chekhov called The Seagull 'a comedy'. The Sydney Theatre Company seems to forget it was a tragedy, too

What is comedy?

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The Seagull review – Sigrid Thornton and Toby Schmitz star in contemporary take on Chekhov

Andrew Upton’s adaptation transplants the play’s ensemble to Australia in the early 2000s, where they discover the cost of art and thwarted dreams

The Guardian - AU

Ronnie O'Sullivan, the Edge of Everything review: Gripping yet worrying glimpse inside a tortured mind

A new documentary follows snooker's greatest-ever player during the 2022 season

Evening Standard

Group Portrait in a Summer Landscape review – Chekhovian take on the Scottish referendum

An impressive ensemble makes the most of Peter Arnott’s new country house play, set during Scotland’s 2014 independence vote

The Guardian - UK

Vanya review – Andrew Scott excels in one-man Chekhov

The actor gives thrillingly virtuoso performances as multiple characters in an entertaining reimagining but he cannot penetrate any one part deeply enough for tragedy to be felt

The Guardian - UK

Andrew Scott: ‘We need a bit more of people not liking things’

Fleabag’s hot priest is about to take on his most liberating role yet: a one-man show of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya in which he will play all nine roles, male and female

The Guardian - UK

Irish Fleabag star Andrew Scott to take on four roles in same West End play

The Dubliner will play several different characters on stage

Irish Mirror

Fleabag star Andrew Scott to bring one-man Uncle Vanya to West End

Vanya, adapted by Simon Stephens, will see Scott tackle all of the characters in Chekhov’s play

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Chicago Sun-Times

Robert Falls leaves an indelible legacy at the Goodman Theatre as his final season ends

Under his leadership, the Goodman produced more than 150 world premieres. It also sent more than two dozen shows to Broadway, where they garnered 22 Tony Awards.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Life’s gone by’

Robert Falls steps down as artistic director of the Goodman Theatre with aptly chosen “The Cherry Orchard.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Goodman’s ‘The Cherry Orchard’ is superbly cast and staged in sublime production by Robert Falls

Anton Chekhov’s final work is both comedy and tragedy, both cruel and compassionate, and an emotional journey worth taking.

The Guardian - UK

War Diary of the Ukrainian Resistance review – extremely loud and incredibly close

The young reporters at the Kyiv Independent – Ukraine’s fledgling online English-language newspaper – have produced courageous journalism of frightening urgency

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The Guardian - AU

Purple budgie smugglers and Chekhov on tap as Bonza the ‘bogan airline’ finally takes to the skies

After a long delay, Australia’s first major new airline for 15 years gets off the ground offering a breezy, no-frills approach

The Independent UK

Yakutsk: Journey to the coldest city on earth

Think our winter's been a bit grim? Try visiting Yakutsk – the Russian city where 'a bit nippy' means minus 50C, and a quick dash to the corner shop could end in frostbite. Shaun Walker enjoys amini-break in deepest Siberia

The Guardian - UK

What was Dracula really like? 550-year-old clue to life of Vlad the Impaler emerges

Scientists are hoping ‘historical biomolecules’ on a 15th-century missive written by Vlad Dracula, the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s vampire count, will reveal more about him

The Conversation

Gut-punches and belly laughs: in George Saunders' dark flights of fantasy there's the gleam of something precious

George Saunders is best known for his only novel to date, the Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestseller Lincoln in the Bardo. But he has long been celebrated for his innovative short fiction, which has won him a litany of prestigious awards and fellowships. In 2013, Time Magazine…

The Guardian - UK

Sam Byers: ‘JM Coetzee made me vegetarian’

The novelist on being inspired by the Beats, discovering Chekhov, and taking notes from Pierre Boulez

Daily Mirror

Amanda Redman says Dennis Waterman's death from lung cancer 'knocked her sideways'

Amanda Redman and Dennis Waterman had known each other for 40 years and worked on huge BBC hit drama New Tricks together for a decade

Inverse

'Stranger Things' stage play: ‘Cursed Child’ and 3 more theatrical ideas

The Duffer Brothers take to the stage with a play set in the world of 'Stranger Things.' Here are a few ideas for them.

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