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Anton Chekhov
Taganrog, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Rostov Oblast, Russia]
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860 – 1904) was a Russian playwright and writer, whose plays received international acclaim, and who as a short-story writer is still regarded as virtual…
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860 – 1904) was a Russian playwright and writer, whose plays received international acclaim, and who as a short-story writer is still regarded as virtually unmatched. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre. Chekhov was a physician by profession. "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress." The son of a former serf, Chekhov started out supporting his family by writing popular comic sketches as a medicine student. While practicing as a doctor, he produced his first full-length play, Ivanov (1887). He took up serious themes with stories such as “The Steppe” (1888) and “A Dreary Story” (1889); later stories include “Ward Number Six” (1892), “The Black Monk” (1894) and “The Lady with the Dog” (1899). His play The Seagull (1896) was badly received until its successful revival in 1899 by Konstantin Stanislavsky and the Moscow Art Theatre. After this he converted his earlier work The Wood Demon (1889) into the universally acclaimed play Uncle Vanya (1897). To nurse his eventually fatal tuberculosis he moved to the Crimea, where he wrote his famous last plays, Three Sisters (1901) and The Cherry Orchard (1904).
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2026
Anton Chekhov's The Student
Movie Original Story
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2026
My Husband
Movie Original Story
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2026
Toonout
TV show Original Story
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2025
Affair of honnor
Movie Theatre Play
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2025
You're The Boss!
Movie Original Story
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2025
The Cherry Orchard
Movie Author
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2025
Racek
Movie Theatre Play
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2024
The Cherry Orchard
Movie Original Story
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2024
The Seagull
Movie Theatre Play
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2024
A Joke
Movie Story
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2024
National Theatre Live: Vanya
Movie Theatre Play
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2024
The Student
Movie Short Story
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2024
Il Giardino Dei Ciliegi (Leonardo Lidi)
Movie Theatre Play
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2023
The Seagull
Movie Original Story
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2023
NU Theater Live: The Bear
Movie Original Story
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2023
Zio Vanja
Movie Theatre Play
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2022
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
Movie Theatre Play
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2022
The Black Monk
Movie Original Story
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2022
The Cherry Orchard
Movie Writer
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2022
The seagull - the movie
Movie Theatre Play
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2021
The seagull
Movie Theatre Play
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2021
An Evening's Trail
Movie Short Story
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2021
Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard
Movie Theatre Play
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2021
Sonata
Movie Novel
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2021
Crise de nerfs
Movie Author
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2021
Atti unici
Movie Theatre Play
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2021
La tragedia è finita, Platonov
Movie Theatre Play
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2020
Uncle Vanya
Movie Theatre Play
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2020
Escenario 0
TV show Writer
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2020
Wrecker
Movie Short Story
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2020
The Vanishing Field
Movie Theatre Play
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2020
The Cherry Orchard
Movie Theatre Play
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2019
The End of the Season
Movie Theatre Play
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2019
National Theatre Live: Three Sisters
Movie Theatre Play
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2019
To Stumble
Movie Book
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2019
Uncle Vanya
Movie Theatre Play
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2019
Onkel Wanja
Movie Theatre Play
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2019
The Cherry Orchard
Movie Theatre Play
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2018
The Seagull
Movie Theatre Play
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2018
After Anyuta
Movie Story
