Isabel Woods reads The Tragic Actor by Anton Chekhov

Please click on the Pod logo on the top left of each audio piece to hear program.Isabel Woods reads The Tragic Actor by Anton Chekhov, directed & produced by Nigel Killick.Anton Chekhov is regarded by many as the most outstanding short story writer. This may be a surprise at the first encounter with even his most famous stories, because they are rarely driven by plot or anticipation. They are often gentle in character, elusive in purpose; but they create a resonance in the imagination that rings long. Here are 12 stories, from the brightly comic to the overtly tragic, each full of the sharpest observations of personality and situation, and with implications beyond their brief form; the dying actor, the children playing a game, the cabman with his tragedy, the orator's mistake and, perhaps most richly of all, the family laid bare in 'In The Ravine'. With music by Tchaikovsky and Balakirev.Isabel Woods is a professional Actress who trained at Academy of Live and Recorded Arts London. If you wish to know more about IsabelPlease click here to visit here page on this site.Music: Chants of the Russian Orthodox Church Monks and Choirs of Kiev Pechersk Lavrahttp://magnatune.com/collections/eastern_voices