"There seems to be no sign of intelligent life anywhere"

Venomous Fishwife Norman Lebrecht doesn’t know the difference between Anton Chekhov and Konstantin Stanislavsky.

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“There seems to be no sign of intelligent life anywhere”

Venomous Fishwife Norman Lebrecht now doesn't know the difference between Anton Chekhov and Konstantin Stanislavsky.

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