They quoted Chekhov in Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein as well. Apparently he said it in 1883 (it was noted down by Ilya Gurliand); there is a longer quote from his book on writing:
‘If you say in the first chapter that a rifle is hanging on the wall, then in the second or third chapter it absolutely has to go off. If it’s not going to be fired, it shouldn’t be hanging there.’
I like how it packs so much into so few words.....
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Thanks, Julia Warren! I think about this quote when I write scripts, but I couldn't remember who said it.
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It's a handy one, isn't it? I saw his Fortune's Fool at the Old Vic - amazing stuff; loved the set, the lighting and the play with shadows. He was an avid chess player, and chess seems to pop up quite often in his works. Not sure it was always a deliberate metaphor, although I believe it might be so in Fortune's Fool.
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I'm terrible at chess, Julia Warren. Haha Craig D Griffiths made a video about plot holes I think ties in with Chekhov's quote (https://www.stage32.com/media/3154588592005718763).
I love seagulls. Hate Checkov, though.