It's the title of a one-act sketch with two characters, Nikita Ivanitch and sixty-eight-year-old comedian Vasili Svietlovidoff, who does most of the talking in this very first play by Anton Chekhov.
It's the title of a one-act sketch with two characters, Nikita Ivanitch and sixty-eight-year-old comedian Vasili Svietlovidoff, who does most of the talking in this very first play by Anton Chekhov. The expression derives from a legend that was refuted from scientific observation by Pliny the Elder, but Aesop incorporates it in a fable about mistaken identity with a goose.  Its first known use in English is by the Reverend John Willison, applying it to King David's last words. For 10 points, what is this legendary first and final call of a dying Cygnus olor?
It's the title of a one-act sketch with two characters, Nikita Ivanitch and sixty-eight-year-old comedian Vasili Svietlovidoff, who does most of the talking in this very first play by Anton Chekhov.
swan song