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The London revival of Anton Chekhov's 19th century drama, adapted by Sir John Gielgud and John Bowen is presented. The play satirizes czarist Russia's bored and decadent middle class. It is also the tragedy of Ivanov, a man tortured by the...See moreThe London revival of Anton Chekhov's 19th century drama, adapted by Sir John Gielgud and John Bowen is presented. The play satirizes czarist Russia's bored and decadent middle class. It is also the tragedy of Ivanov, a man tortured by the emptiness of his life and trapped by his misery and self-hatred, as he reacts to his dying wife's illness by courting another woman.See less