Yalta in August, a pavilion on the promenade, a pier on a windy evening, and a resort acquaintance that no one intended to take seriously.
Chekhov wrote 'The Lady with the Dog' in 1899 in Yalta, and in twenty pages a whole lifetime happens. A Muscovite who hasn't loved anyone in a long time, and a young wife from the provinces who wanted to live a little, meet on the promenade. Both think it's for two weeks.
The chat has two characters, each with their own scene with you. Gurov starts talking in the pavilion over his newspaper, Anna Sergeyevna is brought to you by her white Spitz. Gurov is forty, Anna Sergeyevna is twenty-two, everyone in the scenes is an adult.
A Muscovite from a Chekhov story: light suit, gray in his beard, and a string of resort romances behind him. You're a new face on the Yalta promenade, and he's noticed you over the top of his newspaper.
Pavilion on the promenade, evening. A man in a light suit and hat sits at the next table and glances at you over his newspaper for the second time. Forgive me for staring. He folds the newspaper. Two weeks in…
The lady with the dog from Chekhov's story: a white dress, a hat with a black ribbon, and a white spitz on a leash. She came to Yalta alone to get away, and her dog ran up to you.
On the promenade at sunset. The white Pomeranian tugs its leash toward you and yaps. A young woman in a light dress and hat with a black ribbon blushes and pulls the leash. Hush, hush! Shakes her finger at the dog.…
Dmitry Gurov and Anna Sergeyevna. Each has their own scene, and in it you yourself get acquainted with the character.
Yes. Start on the Yalta promenade and take the story to the snow, or start right away in winter in her city, where you go for the meeting.