Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov

  • Birthday: 1860-01-29
  • Deathday: 1904-07-15
  • Place of birth: Taganrog, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Rostov Oblast, Russia]
  • Also know as: Антон Чехов

Biography

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).

Filmography

Un selfie avec Anton Tchekhov

2022

As Lui-même (archives)

Production

Little Lili

2003

As Script

Still Alice

2014

As Thanks

He Died with a Felafel in His Hand

2001

As Additional Dialogue

Vanya on 42nd Street

1994

As Theatre Play

The Cherry Orchard

1999

As Writer

Lover's Prayer

2001

As Novel

The Seagull

1978

As Writer

The Three Sisters

1970

As Writer

The Wedding

1961

As Writer

Uncle Vanya

1970

As Writer

The Proposal

1959

As Writer

Platonov

1971

As Writer

An Artist's Story

1974

As Writer

Uncle Vanya

1957

As Theatre Play

Hollywood Seagull

2013

As Theatre Play

Ward No. 6

2009

As Novel

About Love

2004

As Novel

The Grasshopper

1955

As Story

The Seagull

1972

As Theatre Play

The Duel

1973

As Writer

The Duel

1973

As Novel

Funny People!

1977

As Story

Mamad

1973

As Writer

In the Town of S.

1966

As Story

Lady with the Dog

1960

As Novel

About Love

2006

As Writer

August

1996

As Theatre Play

Surgery

1939

As Novel

Ragin

2004

As Novel

Ivanov

2009

As Novel

Il prigioniero

1978

As Novel

Deary

1966

As Novel

Three Sisters

2015

As Writer

Platonow

2015

As Screenplay

A Misfortune

1973

As Story

An Event

1969

As Story

Ottaal

2014

As Author

Joker

2017

As Novel

The Kiss

1983

As Writer

Revenger

1958

As Author

Romance with a Double Bass

1974

As Short Story

It Can Pass Through the Wall

2014

As Short Story

Le Rustre et le Juge

2015

As Short Story

Agafia

2015

As Short Story

Ward Six

1973

As Novel

The Bride

1956

As Novel

The Sea Gull

1968

As Theatre Play

Dark Eyes

1987

As Short Story

Uncle Vanya

1970

As Novel

The Steppe

1962

As Novel

An Uneventful Story

1983

As Short Story

Rain

1972

As Story

Ward Six

1978

As Story

The Seagull

2018

As Theatre Play

Måsen

1959

As Theatre Play

Nina

2000

As Writer

Duel

1961

As Writer

Fish Day

1983

As Story

Soft-Boiled Boots

1978

As Writer

The Anna Cross

1954

As Writer

Man in a Shell

1939

As Writer

Wedding

1944

As Writer

The Bear

1938

As Theatre Play

Boots

1957

As Writer

The Steppe

1978

As Writer

Onkel Vanja

1994

As Theatre Play

Summer Storm

1944

As Novel

Аптекарша

1964

As Book

Námluvy

1961

As Novel

Days and Nights

2014

As Story

Ranks and People

1929

As Story

Racek

1997

As Theatre Play

Onkel Wanja

2019

As Writer

The Black Monk

1988

As Story

Belated Flowers

1969

As Writer

The Seagull

1977

As Novel

The Bear

1984

As Story

Anyuta

1982

As Writer

Tsvety zapozdalye

1917

As Story

The Cherry Orchard

1976

As Writer

Uncle Vanya

2019

As Writer

Iniquity

1953

As Writer

Kashtanka

1975

As Writer

Chekhovian Motifs

2002

As Writer

Uncle Vanya

1963

As Screenplay

The Roundabout

1971

As Short Story

Tears the World Can't See

1963

As Short Story

The Sisters

2005

As Original Story

Superfluous People

1926

As Story

The Cherry Orchard

2020

As Writer

Long Live... Mice

1916

As Story

The Witch

1959

As Writer

Proizvedenie iskusstva

1960

As Writer

Family Happiness

1970

As Writer

Drama on the Hunt

1970

As Novel

Belated Flowers

1970

As Novel

The Vanishing Field

2020

As Writer

La Sorcière

1958

As Writer

Country Life

1994

As Author

Story of the Bass Cello

1949

As Short Story

Wrecker

2020

As Writer

Brace Up!

1993

As Writer

Uncle Vanya

2020

As Writer

Fear

2004

As Story

The Three Sisters

1966

As Author

Seagull

2007

As Original Story

If Only I Knew...

1993

As Theatre Play

Three Sisters

1994

As Theatre Play

Kashtanka

1926

As Writer

Sonata

2021

As Writer

To Stumble

2019

As Book

Švédska zápalka

1971

As Book

The Seagull

1975

As Writer

Les Trois Sœurs

1974

As Writer

The Good Doctor

1978

As Writer

Medvěd

1953

As Theatre Play

Swan Song

1992

As Author

Crise de nerfs

2021

As Author

The Bear

1938

As Writer

Der jähzornige junge Mann

1963

As Theatre Play

Medvěd

1956

As Theatre Play

The Little Theater

2011

As Writer

Backstage Story

2009

As Writer

Юбилей

1944

As Novel

Либерал

1959

As Story

Егерь

1960

As Story

Vanka

1960

As Story

Drama

1960

As Story

Враги

1961

As Story

The Seagull

1964

As Novel

Суд

1968

As Story

Опекун

1967

As Story

Exam for Rank

1969

As Story

Моя жизнь

1972

As Story

Хористка

1978

As Story

Three Years

1980

As Story

Three Sisters

1984

As Story

Vanka Zhukov

1981

As Story

Three Sisters

2017

As Theatre Play

Hôtel de France

1987

As Author

Vanya on 42nd Street

1994

As Screenplay

Kaštanka

1976

As Original Story

Uncle Vanya

1991

As Original Story

Three Years

1990

As Novel

Ivanov

1964

As Theatre Play

Medvěd

1961

As Theatre Play

Starostlivý otec

1963

As Short Story

Podzimní slunce

1960

As Theatre Play

Podzimní slunce

1960

As Short Story

Tři sestry

1964

As Theatre Play

Björnen

1984

As Writer

Koe-chto iz Gubernskoy Zhizni

1983

As Short Story

Il matrimonio

1954

As Theatre Play

Il matrimonio

1954

As Author

Labutí píseň

1966

As Theatre Play

Labutí píseň

1966

As Theatre Play

Navštívenka

1967

As Short Story

Zločin a trik I.

1967

As Short Story

Na zapřenou

1967

As Short Story

The Cherry Orchard

2022

As Writer

Bahno

1969

As Short Story

The Safety Match

1954

As Story

Upheaval

2002

As Story

La Cerisaie

1982

As Theatre Play

Jeden ze soubojů

1972

As Short Story

Dead End

1977

As Novel

From Every Man I Loved

1999

As Short Story

Uncle Vanya

1970

As Writer

Platonov

1971

As Theatre Play

The Orchard

2008

As Novel

Black Sabbath

1963

As Novel

Racek

1976

As Theatre Play

Afternoon

2007

As Original Story

The Cherry Orchard

1962

As Theatre Play

Frieriet

1995

As Theatre Play

Three Sisters

1970

As Theatre Play

Labutí píseň

1979

As Theatre Play

The Seagull

2017

As Author

The Wood Demon

1974

As Theatre Play

The Man In The Case

1983

As Short Story

The Cherry Orchard

1981

As Theatre Play

Il gabbiano

0000

As Writer

The Cherry Orchard

1971

As Writer

Švédská zápalka

1983

As Short Story

Körsbärsträdgården

1970

As Theatre Play

La Cerisaie

1982

As Writer

Román o base

1968

As Short Story

Chameleón

1969

As Short Story

Jubileum

1971

As Theatre Play

Svadba

1970

As Theatre Play

Ujo Váňa

1970

As Theatre Play

Zlodeji

1971

As Short Story

Prelietavka

1972

As Short Story

Nepriatelia

1973

As Short Story

The Seagull

2023

As Original Story

Višňový sad

1978

As Theatre Play

The Witch

1986

As Novel

Three Sisters

2003

As Writer

Love and Fear

1988

As Theatre Play

The Lottery Ticket

1956

As Short Story

Gooseberry

1967

As Story

Eccentrics

1967

As Story

Mest

1960

As Novel

The Student

2024

As Story

Cherry Orchard

2019

As Book

Agáta

1999

As Short Story

The Bad Boy

1951

As Story

The Three Sisters

1981

As Writer

Dve duše

1982

As Short Story

Obyčajný príbeh

1982

As Short Story

Uncle Vanya

2007

As Original Story

Chekhov's Pages

1977

As Theatre Play

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