A Spanish Evening that ‘the fact should be borne in mind that the play [. . .] owes its existence to Mr Chekhov, who worked at great length and with much care upon the M.S. and was, in fact, almost a collaborator’. The letter goes on to point out that although Chekhov did not ‘requi re royalties for himself, something should, of course, accrue to the Studio in respect of this work’
