Anton Chekhov Quote

If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there.

Ilia Gurliand Reminiscences of A. P. Chekhov, in Teatr i iskusstvo 1904, No 28, 11 July, p. 521. commonly known as Chekhov's dictum or Chekhov's gun.

If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there.

If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there.

If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there.

If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there.