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The Dangers of Tobacco and the Proposal
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Subscribe NowA romance is scuppered and a marriage goes up in smoke in this double-bill of “Chekhov: Comedy Shorts.”
One of Anton Chekhov's earliest plays, "The Dangers of Tobacco," sees Steve Coogan as a hen-pecked husband who, at his wife's insistence, delivers a speech about the dangers of smoking. But his focus soon strays, and we learn of his miserable life under her thumb.
First performed in 1890, “The Proposal” is a fast-paced play featuring a nervous hypochondriac who visits his neighbor to ask for her hand in marriage. They find themselves in a circle of petty disagreements and an unstoppable bout of one-upmanship. “Gavin & Stacey” duo Mathew Horne and Sheridan Smith star.
Cast & Crew
(Writer), (Director), Mathew Horne (Lomov), Philip Jackson (Father), Sheridan Smith (Natasha), Steve Coogan (Nyukhin)