anton chekhov

     

A 1919 Shaw play subtitled "A Fantasia in the Russian Manner..." is an homage to this playwright who died in 1904

Trivia about anton chekhov

  • 2 of his pen names were rather transparent: Antosha Chekhonte & Anton Ch.
  • Shaw compared "Heartbreak House" to plays by this Russian, including "The Cherry Orchard"
  • He insisted "The Cherry Orchard" was "A comedy, in places even a farce"; some may disagree
  • "Three Sisters"(1901)
  • This Russian playwright died in July, 1904, less than 6 months after his "The Cherry Orchard" premiered
  • Playwright who introduced us to a title uncle & later to "Three Sisters"
  • In a work by this dramatist, Trepliov kills a sea gull, the symbol of his broken dreams
  • Olga Knipper played Masha in his play "The Three Sisters" in 1901 and married him the same year
  • Born in 1860, this playwright seen here won the Pushkin Prize for his 1888 short story "The Steppe"
  • In 1997 Jeanne Tripplehorn & Amy Irving starred on Broadway in this playwright's "Three Sisters"
  • In April 2000 Sir Derek Jacobi returned to Broadway in a new production of this playwright's "Uncle Vanya"
  • This playwright first wrote short stories while he was a medical student at Moscow University in the 1880s
  • When his play "The Sea Gull" premiered in 1896, it was a complete failure, & he vowed never to write drama again
  • Written in 1900, "In the Ravine" is one of this Russian playwright's finest stories
  • "The Cherry Orchard"
  • This Russian published more than 300 short stories before he wrote his play "The Seagull"
  • While in Moscow for the first performance of his "The Cherry Orchard", he became ill and soon died
  • Even Uncle Vanya might be bored by "A Boring Story", which this Russian playwright wrote in 1889

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