Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Moscow Theatre, 1881-1885 -- Sarah Bernhardt -- Sarah Bernhardt Again -- Hamlet at the Pushkin Theatre -- The Baron -- Geneviève de Brabant -- Fragments of Moscow Theatre Life -- 2. On Writing, 1883-1904 -- Authors -- Writing -- Theatre, Society and the Public -- Criticism -- Writing for the Theatre -- Actors -- Acting -- Chekhov as Critic -- 3. Chekhov's Plays, 1887-1904 -- Ivanov I -- Ivanov II -- One-Act Plays -- The Wood Demon -- Uncle Vanya -- The Seagull I -- The Seagull II -- Three Sisters -- The Cherry Orchard -- Appendices -- The Genesis of Chekhov's Plays -- The Moscow Art Theatre 1898-1904 -- Chekhov on the Russian Stage 1887-1917 -- Chekhov's Principal Correspondents -- Index -- Copyright Information