Anton Chekhov is most famous for his dramas, including "The Seagull." Western Reserve Playhouse, which produced that show virtually in October, is now jumping into the turn-of-the-century playwright's comedies with the three shorts "On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco," "The Bear" and "The Swan Song."
The night of Russian comedic sketches, dubbed "Fragments of Farce," will run at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Stories about human foibles include a man whose speech about the evils of tobacco turns into a complaint about his overbearing wife; a man and a widow whose argument over money turns into a duel to the death, and possibly love; and a finale with a stage actor and servant discussing a life of theater.