I Take Your Hand in Mine

by Carol Rocamora
adapted by Marie-Hélène Estienne
Directed by Peter Brook
Set and costumes by Chloe Obolensky

Anton Chekhov     Michel Piccoli
Olga Knipper      Natascha Parry

Extracts of correspondence between Olga Knipper and Anton Chekhov.

Almost empty square stage, only table and chairs (?), audience from 3 sites.
Surtitles overhead the stage.

Like acting with each other they're actually delivering very captivating lines from the letters.
It was more exciting to follow their distant relationship than it sounds like.