Chekhov's, The Bear

[Inna Caron]

>Alina Israeli wrote:

>Sorry to disappoint you, but in pre-1917-revolutionary Russia, the
address
>form to a waiter (by a man) was "chelovek"

Problem is, the play's hero is not at a restaurant. He is in the
heroine's house, calling out to her manservant, and as Ms. Meyendorff
has pointed out, translating "chelovek" as "waiter" in this case is
incorrect.

>Stephanie Sures wrote:

>"Anton Chekhov's Selected Plays", trans. and ed. Laurence Senelick
(Norton
>Critical Edition) ISBN: 0-393-92465-3

I like Senelick's translations as well.

Inna Caron
Ohio State

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