Huntly Carter Finds Chekhov And ‘The Seagull' Less Than Great, ‘New Age'

Huntly Carter (d. 1942) was particularly concerned with reconstruction and recovery programmes in Russia and Europe from 1915 to 1942. His books include ‘Industrial Reconstruction’ (1917) and ‘The New Spirit in the European Theatre: 1914-1924’ (1925). Carter's voice is that of the man of action to whom Chekhov's ‘indifferentism’ is repugnant and who finds his characters irritatingly and unnecessarily bored when so much needs to be done.