In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Anton Chekhov's birth, Michael Pennington plays the great Russian writer presenting a series of his short stories on the subject of marriage, dramatised by Martyn Wade. A repressed schoolmaster has marriage on his mind. Chekhov ...... Michael Pennington Belikov ...... Jasper Britton Kovalenko ...... Nicholas Boulton Varenka ...... Zoe Waites Directed by Philip Franks and Jane Morgan. A Unique production for BBC Radio 4.