Chekhov and the Chaebol: A Korean Cherry Orchard at the Armory

Around the halfway point of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, Petya Trofimov - eternal grad student, moral purist, and former tutor to the once wealthy family whose diminution sits at the heart of the play - makes a speech. It's the outburst of a frustrated idealist, a tirade delivered by so... More »