Q: Why should people read your plays?
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Chekhov: I’m not sure they should.
I try to show man to himself as he is, not as he is in our imaginations and myths, or as he is on our modern stage. Life is composed primarily of banal events like greetings, partings, menial labor, meals, and unremarkable conversation; so, too, are my plays. If man were sufficiently aware of how he lives, I would feel no need to write plays about it.
Source : http://yesandrew.com/the-sunday-interview-anton-chekhov/
