chekhov

     

Chekhov (also spelle Chekov) may refer to one of the following:

Trivia about chekhov

  • Perhaps best known for his plays, such as "Uncle Vanya", he was also a famed short-story writer
  • He wrote his last short story, "The Betrothed", shortly before his play "The Cherry Orchard"
  • Sir William Walton & Paul Dehn turned this 19th century Russian's play "The Bear" into a one-act opera
  • By 1890 this author & playwright had written hundreds of short stories, including "The Steppe"
  • This playwright's home in Taganrog, Russia is now preserved as a museum
  • This "Cherry Orchard" playwright was a med school graduate; that's "Dr. Depressing", tovarisch
  • As a medical student at Moscow University, he wrote stories under the name Antosha Chekhonte
  • Appropriately, this Russian playwright wrote an 1892 story called "After the Theater"

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