On Red Herrings, Or Must Chekhov’s Gun Go Off?
By Holly Menino
August 21, 2013Anton Chekhov is famously said to have decreed that “One must not put a loaded rifle on the stage if no one is thinking of firing it.” This edict has been reported by a number of his contemporaries, and it is found in one of his letters. Admirably, Chekov adhered to his own rule when…
