When Platonov arrives at Anna Petrovna' s estate, he brings turmoil to the entertaining atmosphere of the friendly group gathered there for the start of summer; a summer both sweet and melancholy, one of the last summers of a changing century, which sees Chekhov's heroes coming face to face with the course their lives have followed thus far. Youthful romances revived, betrayals, suicide attempts, unanswered questions and unrealized dreams all co-exist with a luscious and forbidden eroticism and a feeling of life slipping away, which makes the characters comprehend the absurdity of the world they are living in. 'Platonov', Chekhov's first play, discovered after his death, epitomizes almost all the topics and characters he dealt with in his mature work and reconfirms the Russian dramatist's unrivalled talent of penetrating deep into the lives of people.