Chekhov's First Play

The Irish theater troupe Dead Centre takes apart Anton Chekhov's unpublished, untitled first drama—written and abandoned when the future great dramatist was 18, and usually referred to as Platonov—in a night of metathetrical mayhem. Authors Bush Moukarzel and Ben Kidd also direct the show's U.S. premiere at the Irish Arts Center, which co-commissioned this 2015 work.