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).
Kaštanka
(Original Story)
Vanya on 42nd Street
(Screenplay)
Les Trois Sœurs
(Writer)
The seagull - the movie
(Writer)
Vanya on 42nd Street
(Theatre Play)
Ivanov
(Theatre Play)
Medvěd
(Theatre Play)
Starostlivý otec
(Short Story)
Three Years
(Novel)
Uncle Vanya
(Original Story)
The Good Doctor
(Writer)
Medvěd
(Theatre Play)
Tři sestry
(Theatre Play)
Björnen
(Writer)
Podzimní slunce
(Theatre Play)
Podzimní slunce
(Short Story)
The Cherry Orchard
(Writer)
Lover's Prayer
(Novel)
Swan Song
(Author)
Koe-chto iz Gubernskoy Zhizni
(Short Story)
Главный свидетель
(Short Story)
Crise de nerfs
(Author)
The Bear
(Writer)
Il matrimonio
(Theatre Play)
Il matrimonio
(Author)
Der jähzornige junge Mann
(Theatre Play)
Platonov
(Writer)
The Proposal
(Writer)
The Wedding
(Writer)
The Seagull
(Writer)
An Artist's Story
(Writer)
Uncle Vanya
(Writer)
The Three Sisters
(Writer)
Labutí píseň
(Theatre Play)
Labutí píseň
(Theatre Play)
Navštívenka
(Short Story)
Zločin a trik I.
(Short Story)
Na zapřenou
(Short Story)
Romance with a Double Bass
(Writer)
The Cherry Orchard
(Writer)
Medvěd
(Theatre Play)
The Country Man, or The Involuntary Tragedian
(Original Story)
Hollywood Seagull
(Theatre Play)
Román o base
(Short Story)
Chameleón
(Short Story)
Bahno
(Short Story)
Uncle Vanya
(Theatre Play)
The Safety Match
(Story)
The Death of a Government Clerk
(Short Story)
Jubileum
(Theatre Play)
Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her
(Short Story)
Svadba
(Theatre Play)
Ward No. 6
(Novel)
Ujo Váňa
(Theatre Play)
La Cerisaie
(Theatre Play)
About Love
(Novel)
Upheaval
(Story)
Zlodeji
(Short Story)
The Grasshopper
(Story)
Prelietavka
(Short Story)
Nepriatelia
(Short Story)
The Little Theater
(Writer)
The Seagull
(Theatre Play)
My Tender and Affectionate Beast
(Novel)
Backstage Story
(Writer)
The Duel
(Novel)
The Duel
(Writer)
An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano
(Theatre Play)
Funny People!
(Story)
In the Town of S.
(Story)
Lady with the Dog
(Novel)
About Love
(Writer)
August
(Theatre Play)
Юбилей
(Novel)
My Life
(Story)
Лебединая песня
(Story)
Liberal
(Story)
Huntsman
(Story)
Vanka
(Story)
Суд
(Story)
Опекун
(Story)
Drama
(Story)
From Every Man I Loved
(Short Story)
Враги
(Story)
Uncle Vanya
(Writer)
Jeden ze soubojů
(Short Story)
Dead End
(Novel)
Пёстрые рассказы
(Story)
The Seagull
(Novel)
Surgery
(Novel)
Exam for Rank
(Story)
Chorister
(Story)
Ragin
(Novel)
Ivanov
(Novel)
Three Sisters
(Story)
Big Volodya, Small Volodya
(Story)
Ростислав Плятт читает Чехова
(Story)
Three Years
(Story)
Platonov
(Theatre Play)
The Seagull
(Original Story)
Toto and the Kings of Rome
(Story)
Vanka Zhukov
(Story)
Romance with a Double Bass
(Story)
Il prigioniero
(Novel)
Three Sisters
(Theatre Play)
Deary
(Novel)
The Harmfulness of Tobacco
(Novel)
Višňový sad
(Theatre Play)
Hôtel de France
(Author)
The Witch
(Novel)
Three Sisters
(Writer)
Platonow
(Screenplay)
A Misfortune
(Story)
An Event
(Story)
Love and Fear
(Theatre Play)
Rozprávanie pani N.N.
(Book)
Anton Chekhov's The Duel
(Novel)
The Teacher of Literature
(Story)
The Lottery Ticket
(Short Story)
Gooseberry
(Story)
The Orchard
(Novel)
Eccentrics
(Story)
Mest
(Novel)
The Student
(Story)
Agáta
(Short Story)
Cherry Orchard
(Book)
Ottaal
(Author)
Little Lili
(Script)
Joker
(Novel)
The Bad Boy
(Story)
Black Sabbath
(Novel)
Racek
(Theatre Play)
The Kiss
(Writer)
Revenger
(Author)
These Different, Different, Different Faces
(Story)
The Three Sisters
(Writer)
Romance with a Double Bass
(Short Story)
Dve duše
(Short Story)
Obyčajný príbeh
(Short Story)
It Can Pass Through the Wall
(Short Story)
Uncle Vanya
(Original Story)
Still Alice
(Thanks)
Chekhov's Pages
(Theatre Play)
Le Rustre et le Juge
(Short Story)
Agafia
(Short Story)
Courtship
(Theatre Play)
The Cherry Orchard
(Writer)
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand
(Additional Dialogue)
Ward Six
(Novel)
Les trois soeurs
(Writer)
If Only the Trains Came
(Writer)
The Bride
(Novel)
Из жизни земского врача
(Writer)
Afternoon
(Original Story)
Mamad
(Writer)
Incredible Bet, or True Event That Ended Happily Hundred Years Ago
(Short Story)
The Sea Gull
(Theatre Play)
The Cherry Orchard
(Theatre Play)
Dark Eyes
(Short Story)
Uncle Vanya
(Novel)
Frieriet
(Theatre Play)
The Steppe
(Novel)
Hasičský plášť
(Short Story)
Three Sisters
(Theatre Play)
A Joke
(Story)
The Bad Boy
(Short Story)
An Uneventful Story
(Short Story)
Chekhov's Vaudevilles
(Author)
Labutí píseň
(Theatre Play)
Rain
(Story)
Ward Six
(Story)
Måsen
(Theatre Play)
The Seagull
(Author)
The Seagull
(Theatre Play)
Nina
(Writer)
The Apple Trees
(Author)
The Wood Demon
(Theatre Play)
Requiem
(Original Story)
The House with the Mezzanine
(Writer)
Duel
(Writer)
National Theatre Live: Vanya
(Theatre Play)
Fish Day
(Story)
The Cherry Orchard
(Theatre Play)
The Anna Cross
(Writer)
Soft-Boiled Boots
(Writer)
Man in a Shell
(Writer)
Wedding
(Writer)
Il gabbiano
(Writer)
The Man In The Case
(Short Story)
The Bear
(Theatre Play)
The Steppe
(Writer)
Boots
(Writer)
The Cherry Orchard
(Writer)
Švédská zápalka
(Short Story)
Svatba s generálem
(Theatre Play)
Körsbärsträdgården
(Theatre Play)
A Golden Ring, a Bouquet of Scarlet Roses
(Short Story)
La Cerisaie
(Writer)
Onkel Vanja
(Theatre Play)
Summer Storm
(Novel)
Kasba
(Original Story)
Аптекарша
(Book)
Námluvy
(Novel)
Ranks and People
(Story)
Days and Nights
(Story)
Racek
(Theatre Play)
Onkel Wanja
(Writer)
The Black Monk
(Story)
Belated Flowers
(Writer)
The Seagull
(Novel)
The Bear
(Story)
Flowers Belated
(Story)
Anyuta
(Writer)
The Cherry Orchard
(Writer)
Iniquity
(Writer)
Uncle Vanya
(Writer)
Kashtanka
(Writer)
Chekhovian Motifs
(Writer)
Uncle Vanya
(Screenplay)
The Roundabout
(Short Story)
Tears the World Can't See
(Short Story)
The Sisters
(Original Story)
Superfluous People
(Story)
Story of an Unknown Man
(Story)
The Cherry Orchard
(Writer)
Proizvedenie iskusstva
(Writer)
The Witch
(Writer)
Long Live... Mice!
(Story)
Family Happiness
(Writer)
Drama on the Hunt
(Novel)
Belated Flowers
(Novel)
National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard
(Original Story)
The Vanishing Field
(Writer)
La Sorcière
(Writer)
Country Life
(Author)
Story of the Bass Cello
(Short Story)
Wrecker
(Writer)
Brace Up!
(Writer)
Fear
(Story)
The Three Sisters
(Author)
Seagull
(Original Story)
If Only I Knew...
(Theatre Play)
National Theatre Live: Three Sisters
(Writer)
Three Sisters
(Theatre Play)
Kashtanka
(Writer)
To Stumble
(Book)
Sonata
(Writer)
Švédska zápalka
(Book)
The Seagull
(Writer)
Junior Lieutenant
(Short Story)
Jubileum
(Theatre Play)
Medvěd
(Theatre Play)
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
(Theatre Play)
La Mouette
(Theatre Play)
Onkel Vanja
(Author)
The Black Monk
(Original Story)
Lawlessness
(Short Story)
Three Sisters
(Theatre Play)
Drama on the Hunt
(Short Story)
Uncle Vanya
(Theatre Play)
Ivanov
(Author)
Too Salty
(Book)
Too Salty
(Short Story)
Escenario 0
(Writer)
Softly from Paris
(Original Story)
BBC Play of the Month
(Theatre Play)
Alta comedia
(Story)
Alta comedia
(Novel)
Úsměvy světa
(Short Story)
Folio
(Writer)
Chekhov and Co.
(Original Story)