19 JANUARY 1991, Page 23

Georgia not on his mind

Sir: In his review of Three Sisters (15 December) Christopher Edwards finds the production remarkably unChekhovian, ' particularly since the director, Robert Sturua, is 'the internationally acclaimed Russian director and head of the Rustaveli Theatre'.

Mr Sturua will find this characterisation rather more insulting than would a Welsh- man dubbed English. He is a Georgian and his Tbilisi-based theatre company is named after a potent figure for Georgia's national- ists, the 13th-century poet Shota Rustaveli. Wholly different in language, culture and ethos, Chekhov was as Georgian and Robert Sturua is as Russian as Mr Edwards is French.

Alex Renton

137 Elgin Crescent, London W11