Anton Chekhov
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Anton Chekhov

Jan 29, 1860 - 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 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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Movie2022Un selfie avec Anton TchekhovSelf (archive footage)

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Movie1976KaštankaOriginal StoryWriting
Movie1974Les Trois SœursWriterWriting
Movie2022The seagull - the movieWriterWriting
Movie1994Vanya on 42nd StreetTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1964IvanovTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1961MedvědTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1963Starostlivý otecShort StoryWriting
Movie1990Three YearsNovelWriting
Movie1991Uncle VanyaOriginal StoryWriting
Movie1978The Good DoctorWriterWriting
Movie1953MedvědTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1964Tři sestryTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1984BjörnenWriterWriting
Movie1960Podzimní slunceTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1960Podzimní slunceShort StoryWriting
Movie1999The Cherry OrchardWriterWriting
Movie2001All ForgottenNovelWriting
Movie1992Swan SongAuthorWriting
Movie1983Koe-chto iz Gubernskoy ZhizniShort StoryWriting
Movie1969Key WitnessShort StoryWriting
Movie2021Crise de nerfsAuthorWriting
Movie1938The BearWriterWriting
Movie1954Il matrimonioTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1954Il matrimonioAuthorWriting
Movie1963Der jähzornige junge MannTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1971PlatonovWriterWriting
Movie1959The ProposalWriterWriting
Movie1961The WeddingWriterWriting
Movie1978The SeagullWriterWriting
Movie1974An Artist's StoryWriterWriting
Movie1970Uncle VanyaWriterWriting
Movie1970The Three SistersWriterWriting
Movie1966Labutí píseňTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1966Labutí píseňTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1967NavštívenkaShort StoryWriting
Movie1967Zločin a trik I.Short StoryWriting
Movie1967Na zapřenouShort StoryWriting
Movie1972Romance with a Double BassWriterWriting
Movie2022The Cherry OrchardWriterWriting
Movie1956MedvědTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1911The Country Man, or The Involuntary TragedianOriginal StoryWriting
Movie2013Hollywood SeagullTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1968Román o baseShort StoryWriting
Movie1969ChameleónShort StoryWriting
Movie1969BahnoShort StoryWriting
Movie1957Uncle VanyaTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1988The Death of a Government ClerkShort StoryWriting
Movie1971JubileumTheatre PlayWriting
Movie2006Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to HerShort StoryWriting
Movie1970SvadbaTheatre PlayWriting
Movie2009Ward No. 6NovelWriting
Movie1970Ujo VáňaTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1982La CerisaieTheatre PlayWriting
Movie2004About LoveNovelWriting
Movie2002UpheavalStoryWriting
Movie1971ZlodejiShort StoryWriting
Movie1972PrelietavkaShort StoryWriting
Movie1973NepriateliaShort StoryWriting
Movie2011The Little TheaterWriterWriting
Movie1972The SeagullTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1978My Tender and Affectionate BeastNovelWriting
Movie2009Backstage StoryWriterWriting
Movie1973The DuelNovelWriting
Movie1977An Unfinished Piece for Player PianoTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1960Lady with the DogNovelWriting
Movie2006About LoveWriterWriting
Movie1996AugustTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1959LiberalStoryWriting
Movie1999From Every Man I LovedShort StoryWriting
Movie1970Uncle VanyaWriterWriting
Movie1972Jeden ze soubojůShort StoryWriting
Movie1977Dead EndNovelWriting
Movie1961Colorful StoriesStoryWriting
Movie1964The SeagullNovelWriting
Movie1939SurgeryNovelWriting
Movie1978ChoristerStoryWriting
Movie2004RaginNovelWriting
Movie2009IvanovNovelWriting
Movie1984Three SistersStoryWriting
Movie1986Rostislav Plyatt Reads ChekhovStoryWriting
Movie1971PlatonovTheatre PlayWriting
Movie2023The SeagullOriginal StoryWriting
Movie1952Toto and the Kings of RomeStoryWriting
Movie1978Il prigionieroNovelWriting
Movie2017Three SistersTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1966DearyNovelWriting
Movie1991The Harmfulness of TobaccoNovelWriting
Movie1978Višňový sadTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1987Hôtel de FranceAuthorWriting
Movie1986The WitchNovelWriting
Movie2003Three SistersWriterWriting
Movie1973A MisfortuneStoryWriting
Movie1969An EventStoryWriting
Movie1988Love and FearTheatre PlayWriting
Movie2010Anton Chekhov's The DuelNovelWriting
Movie1965The Teacher of LiteratureStoryWriting
Movie1956The Lottery TicketShort StoryWriting
Movie1967GooseberryStoryWriting
Movie2008The OrchardNovelWriting
Movie1967EccentricsStoryWriting
Movie1960MestNovelWriting
Movie2024The StudentStoryWriting
Movie1999AgátaShort StoryWriting
Movie2019Cherry OrchardBookWriting
Movie2014OttaalAuthorWriting
Movie2003Little LiliScriptCrew
Movie2017JokerNovelWriting
Movie1963Black SabbathNovelWriting
Movie1976RacekTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1958RevengerAuthorWriting
Movie1981The Three SistersWriterWriting
Movie1974Romance with a Double BassShort StoryWriting
Movie1982Dve dušeShort StoryWriting
Movie1982Obyčajný príbehShort StoryWriting
Movie2014It Can Pass Through the WallShort StoryWriting
Movie2007Uncle VanyaOriginal StoryWriting
Movie2014Still AliceThanksCrew
Movie1977Chekhov's PagesTheatre PlayWriting
Movie2015Le Rustre et le JugeShort StoryWriting
Movie2015AgafiaShort StoryWriting
Movie1983CourtshipTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1997The Cherry OrchardWriterWriting
Movie2001He Died with a Felafel in His HandAdditional DialogueCrew
Movie1973Ward SixNovelWriting
Movie1960Les Trois SœursWriterWriting
Movie1968If Only the Trains CameWriterWriting
Movie1956The BrideNovelWriting
Movie2007AfternoonOriginal StoryWriting
Movie1984Incredible Bet, or True Event That Ended Happily Hundred Years AgoShort StoryWriting
Movie1968The Sea GullTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1962The Cherry OrchardTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1987Dark EyesShort StoryWriting
Movie1995FrierietTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1962The SteppeNovelWriting
Movie1983Hasičský plášťShort StoryWriting
Movie1970Three SistersTheatre PlayWriting
Movie2024A JokeStoryWriting
Movie1974The Bad BoyShort StoryWriting
Movie1983An Uneventful StoryShort StoryWriting
Movie1984Chekhov's VaudevillesAuthorWriting
Movie1979Labutí píseňTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1972RainStoryWriting
Movie1978Ward SixStoryWriting
Movie1959MåsenTheatre PlayWriting
Movie2017The SeagullAuthorWriting
Movie2018The SeagullTheatre PlayWriting
Movie2000NinaWriterWriting
MovieN/AThe Apple TreesAuthorWriting
Movie1974The Wood DemonTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1999RequiemOriginal StoryWriting
Movie2024National Theatre Live: VanyaTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1983Fish DayStoryWriting
Movie1981The Cherry OrchardTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1969Il gabbianoWriterWriting
Movie1983The Man In The CaseShort StoryWriting
Movie1938The BearTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1971The Cherry OrchardWriterWriting
Movie1983Švédská zápalkaShort StoryWriting
Movie1984Svatba s generálemTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1970KörsbärsträdgårdenTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1994A Golden Ring, a Bouquet of Scarlet RosesShort StoryWriting
Movie1982La CerisaieWriterWriting
Movie1994Onkel VanjaTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1944Summer StormNovelWriting
Movie1991KasbaOriginal StoryWriting
Movie1964PharmacistBookWriting
Movie1961NámluvyNovelWriting
Movie2014Days and NightsStoryWriting
Movie1997RacekTheatre PlayWriting
Movie2019Onkel WanjaWriterWriting
Movie1977The SeagullNovelWriting
Movie1984The BearStoryWriting
Movie2019Uncle VanyaWriterWriting
Movie1971The RoundaboutShort StoryWriting
Movie1963Tears the World Can't SeeShort StoryWriting
Movie2005The SistersOriginal StoryWriting
Movie2020The Cherry OrchardWriterWriting
Movie1916Long Live... Mice!StoryWriting
Movie1970Drama on the HuntNovelWriting
Movie1970Belated FlowersNovelWriting
Movie2011National Theatre Live: The Cherry OrchardOriginal StoryWriting
Movie2020The Vanishing FieldWriterWriting
Movie1958La SorcièreWriterWriting
Movie1994Country LifeAuthorWriting
Movie1949Story of the Bass CelloShort StoryWriting
Movie2020WreckerWriterWriting
Movie1993Brace Up!WriterWriting
Movie2004FearStoryWriting
Movie1966The Three SistersAuthorWriting
Movie2007SeagullOriginal StoryWriting
Movie1993If Only I Knew...Theatre PlayWriting
Movie2019National Theatre Live: Three SistersWriterWriting
Movie1994Three SistersTheatre PlayWriting
Movie2019To StumbleBookWriting
Movie2021SonataWriterWriting
Movie1971Švédska zápalkaBookWriting
Movie1975The SeagullWriterWriting
Movie1996Junior LieutenantShort StoryWriting
Movie1987JubileumTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1985MedvědTheatre PlayWriting
Movie2022National Theatre Live: The SeagullTheatre PlayWriting
Movie2012La MouetteTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1963Onkel VanjaAuthorWriting
Movie2022The Black MonkOriginal StoryWriting
Movie1915LawlessnessShort StoryWriting
Movie2015Three SistersTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1918Drama on the HuntShort StoryWriting
Movie2020Uncle VanyaTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1982IvanovAuthorWriting
Movie1959Too SaltyBookWriting
Movie1959Too SaltyShort StoryWriting
Movie1985Rozprávanie pani N. N.Short StoryWriting
Movie2024The SeagullTheatre PlayWriting
Movie2021The seagullWriterWriting
Movie1977The WifeAuthorWriting
Movie1999The Bass PlayerWriterWriting
Movie1979Onkel WanjaTheatre PlayWriting
MovieN/AOn the Harmfulness of TobaccoWriterWriting
Movie1963Tobakkens uheldige virkningerOriginal StoryWriting
Movie2021An Evening's TrailWriterWriting
Movie1971Borgerlig lykkeShort StoryWriting
Movie1991Ward No. 6AuthorWriting
Movie1964CardsAuthorWriting
Movie1938NalimAuthorWriting
Movie2025RacekScreenplayWriting
MovieN/AThe SeagullAuthorWriting
Movie2021Chekhov's The Cherry OrchardWriterWriting
Movie1990Archa bláznů aneb Vyprávění z konce životaShort StoryWriting
Movie1975VintNovelWriting
Movie1939Man in a ShellShort StoryWriting
Movie1944WeddingShort StoryWriting
Movie1954The Anna CrossBookWriting
Movie1959The WitchBookWriting
MovieN/AMorningStoryWriting
Movie2015The Diary of an Old ManShort StoryWriting
Movie2018After AnyutaStoryWriting
Movie1990MorningStoryWriting
Movie1986Drei SchwesternTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1977Drei SchwesternTheatre PlayWriting
Movie2015PlatonowTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1986Drei SchwesternTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1966A JokeNovelWriting
Movie1978The SteppeNovelWriting
Movie1970Drama in the Barber’s ShopAuthorWriting
Movie1987Uncle VanyaAuthorWriting
Movie1970Uncle VanyaTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1963Uncle VanyaTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1987Sala nr 6StoryWriting
Movie1973HuntsmanAuthorWriting
Movie1938МаскаShort StoryWriting
Movie1951The Bad BoyShort StoryWriting
Movie1988The Black MonkNovelWriting
Movie1911Romance with a Double BassShort StoryWriting
Movie1955The GrasshopperShort StoryWriting
Movie1929Ranks and PeopleShort StoryWriting
Movie1926Superfluous PeopleShort StoryWriting
Movie1980Story of an Unknown ManShort StoryWriting
Movie1966In the Town of S.Short StoryWriting
Movie1954The Safety MatchShort StoryWriting
Movie1978Funny People!Short StoryWriting
Movie1981Vanka ZhukovShort StoryWriting
Movie1960DramaShort StoryWriting
Movie1972My LifeNovelWriting
Movie1960VankaShort StoryWriting
Movie1972These Different, Different, Different FacesShort StoryWriting
Movie1980Three YearsNovelWriting
Movie1985Big Volodya, Small VolodyaShort StoryWriting
Movie1960HuntsmanShort StoryWriting
Movie1917Flowers BelatedBookWriting
Movie1954LadiesShort StoryWriting
Movie1968СудShort StoryWriting
Movie1978Soft-Boiled BootsShort StoryWriting
Movie1978Soft-Boiled BootsTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1961The House with the MezzanineShort StoryWriting
Movie2002Chekhovian MotifsShort StoryWriting
Movie2002Chekhovian MotifsTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1983The KissShort StoryWriting
Movie1975KashtankaShort StoryWriting
Movie1982AnyutaShort StoryWriting
Movie1960Proizvedenie iskusstvaShort StoryWriting
Movie1969Exam for RankShort StoryWriting
Movie1926KashtankaShort StoryWriting
Movie1966IvanovWriterWriting
Movie1957BootsShort StoryWriting
Movie1970Family HappinessShort StoryWriting
Movie1976The Cherry OrchardTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1961DuelShort StoryWriting
Movie1953IniquityShort StoryWriting
Movie1969Belated FlowersShort StoryWriting
Movie1967ОпекунShort StoryWriting
Movie1966A Swan SongShort StoryWriting
Movie1952KashtankaShort StoryWriting
Movie1961ВрагиShort StoryWriting
Movie1970Drama na lovuWriterWriting
Movie2005The SeagullTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1974The SeagullTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1960AnyutaShort StoryWriting
Movie1973MamadNovelWriting
Movie1944JubileeShort StoryWriting
Movie1984Из жизни земского врачаBookWriting
TV Show2020Escenario 0WriterWriting
TV Show1986Softly from ParisOriginal StoryWriting
TV Show1965BBC Play of the MonthTheatre PlayWriting
TV Show1970Alta comediaStoryWriting
TV Show1970Alta comediaNovelWriting
TV Show1969Úsměvy světaShort StoryWriting
TV Show1955FolioWriterWriting
TV Show1998Chekhov and Co.Original StoryWriting
TV Show1963FestivalWriterWriting