title: Watching Chekhov in Tehran: From Superfluous Men to Female Revolutionaries
abstract: Watching Chekhov in Tehran:From Superfluous Men to Female Revolutionaries Rebecca Ruth Gould (bio) Introduction At thirty-five, Ivanov feels aged beyond his years. He is torn apart by his own paralysis. His wife is dying. He is deeply in debt. Society is changing, and new social and cultural movements are vying for public attention. Revolution is in the air and on the lips of everyone. Ivanov meanwhile cannot decide what to do, either with himself or with the world in which he lives. He used to 
journal: Comparative drama