| This last performance was hailed as one of the finest Chekhovian performances he had ever seen. |
| He became a schoolmaster until his first West End success with a Chekhovian domestic drama about an insurance salesman incapable of fulfilling his own dreams of a better life. |
| There are Chekhovian echoes in its depiction of a way of life about to pass into oblivion. |
| Deep emotion, pathos, and laughter through tears are all hallmarks of the Chekhovian oeuvre. |
| The result is a game of spot the allusion, with the final mass exodus dictated more by Chekhovian precedent than any kind of political logic. |
| She has been called Chekhovian in that she writes the comedy of ironic twists and hidden intentions. |
