Dashenka in THE CHERRY ORCHARD

Thu Jul 30 16:09:11 UTC 1998

Dear Chekhovedy,
        A N.Y. actor-acquaintance is playing the role of Pishchik in the
CHERRY ORCHARD. He wants to know whether anything in Chekhov's Russian
text remotely hints that Lopakhin has a relationship with Pishchik's
daughter Dashenka.
        It didn't seem likely to me given L.'s feelings for Varya but I'm
no Chekhov authority and haven't read the play in some years.
        Thank you for any thoughts.

D. Barton Johnson
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