Nyukhin delivers a lecture on the dangers of smoking, but this put-upon husband has a few things to get off his chest in this classic, comic Chekhov short. Subsequently, domineering wife Popova tells her side of their 33 years together in Carr's new companion play. Husband and wife are brought together in this funny and touching double-bill. 'Carr and Chekhov might sound like an unlikely combination, but it is pure, experimental, laugh out loud genius' (Northern Echo).