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Anton Chekhov Bibliography
Anton Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. He wrote hundreds of short stories, one novel, and seven full-length plays. Plays Four-Act Plays * Untitled Play (''Пьеса без названия'', discovered 19 years after the author's death in manuscript form with title page missing; most commonly known as ''Platonov'' in English; 1878)—adapted in English by Michael Frayn as '' Wild Honey'' (1984) *'' Ivanov'' (''Иванов'', 1887)—a play in four acts *'' The Wood Demon'' (''Леший'', 1889)—a comedy in four acts; eight years after the play was published Chekhov returned to the work and extensively revised it into ''Uncle Vanya'' (see below) *''The Seagull'' (''Чайка'', 1896)—a comedy in four acts *''Uncle Vanya'' (''Дядя Ваня'', 1897)—scenes from country life in four acts; based on ''The Wood Demon'' *'' Three Sisters'' (''Три сестры'', 1901) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Anton may refer to: People *Anton (given name), including a list of people with the given name *Anton (surname) Places *Anton Municipality, Bulgaria **Anton, Sofia Province, a village *Antón District, Panama **Antón, a town and capital of the district *Anton, Colorado, an unincorporated town *Anton, Texas, a city *Anton, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community *River Anton, Hampshire, United Kingdom Other uses *Case Anton, codename for the German and Italian occupation of Vichy France in 1942 *Anton (computer), a highly parallel supercomputer for molecular dynamics simulations *Anton (1973 film), ''Anton'' (1973 film), a Norwegian film *Anton (2008 film), ''Anton'' (2008 film), an Irish film *Anton Cup, the championship trophy of the Swedish junior hockey league J20 SuperElit {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wedding (Chekhov Play)
''The Wedding'' (russian: Свадьба, translit=Svadba) is an 1889 Russian one-act play by Anton Chekhov. Roles * Evdokim Zaharovitch Zhigalov * Nastasya Timofeyevna * Dashenka * Epaminond Maximovitch Aplombov * Fyodor Yakovlevitch Revunov-Karaulov * Andrey Andreyevitch Nunin * Anna Martinovna Zmeyukina * Ivan Mihailovitch Yats * Harlampi Spiridonovitch Dimba * Dmitri Stepanovitch Mozgovoy See also * ''The Wedding'' (1944 film) References External links Costume sketches, character descriptions, and set designby Motley Theatre Design Group for the 1951 production at The Old Vic The Old Vic is a 1,000-seat, not-for-profit producing theatre in Waterloo, London, England. Established in 1818 as the Royal Coburg Theatre, and renamed in 1833 the Royal Victoria Theatre. In 1871 it was rebuilt and reopened as the Royal ... Motley Collection of Theatre & Costume Design {{DEFAULTSORT:Wedding, The Plays by Anton Chekhov 1889 plays One-act plays Russian plays adapt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Life (novella)
''My Life'' (russian: Моя жизнь, translit=Moya zhizn') is an 1896 novella by Anton Chekhov, set in a provincial southern Russian city like Chekhov's own hometown of Taganrog.James N. Loehlin ''The Cambridge Introduction to Chekhov'' 2010 1139493523 p.92 "In addition to “The Steppe” and “The Duel” (1888 and 1891), his longest works include three stories from the Melikhovo period: “The Story of an Unknown Man” (completed in 1893), “Three Years” (1895), and “My Life” (1896). ...... “My Life” focuses on the dreary provinciality of a southern Russian city very like Chekhov's hometown of Taganrog. In their different milieux, all three stories ask, but don't clearly answer, questions about how Russians should live their lives." Publication history The novella first appeared in the October–December, Nos. 10–12, 1896 issues of the Monthly Literary Supplement to '' Niva'' magazine. Revised by the author, it was included into the Suvorin-published collection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Years
''Three Years'' (russian: Три года, translit=Tri goda) is an 1895 novella by Anton Chekhov originally published in the January and February 1895 issues of '' Russkaya Mysl''.Muratova, K. D. Commentaries to Три года. The Works by A.P. Chekhov in 12 volumes. Khudozhestvennaya Literatura. Moscow, 1960. Vol. 7, pp. 542-547 At 130 pages it is Chekhov's second-longest narrative. The story takes a negative position on the progress of society, featuring individuals of the merchant and factory owner class and their workers, without offering political solutions. Background In a September 1894 letter Chekhov informed Maria Chekhova that he was writing "a novel from the Moscow life for ''Russkaya Mysl''. In his December letter to the singer Elena ShavrovaElena Mikhaylovna Shavrova sent more than twenty of her stories to Chekhov who liked them, reviewed for her and edited. She failed to develop into a serious writer as he hoped she would, but their ten years' correspondence (whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Story Of An Unknown Man
''The Story of an Unknown Man'' (russian: Рассказ неизвестного человека, translit=Rasskaz neizvestnovo cheloveka), translated also as ''The Story of a Nobody'' and ''An Anonymous Story'', is an 1893 novella by Anton Chekhov first published by '' Russkaya Mysl'', in Nos. 2 and 3 (February and March) 1893 issues. In a revised version Chekhov included into Volume 6 of his ''Collected Works'', published by Adolf Marks in 1899–1901. The original idea of the story came to Chekhov in the late 1880s. In a May 1893 letter he told the writer Lyubov Gurevich that he had "started to write it 1887–88 without any intention of getting it published, then dropped it". He returned to the idea in 1891, giving it originally the title ''The Story of My Patient'' (Рассказ моего пациента).Muratova, K. D. Commentaries to Рассказ неизвестного человека. The Works by A.P. Chekhov in 12 volumes. Khudozhestvennaya Literatura. Mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Duel (Chekhov Story)
''The Duel'' (russian: Дуэль, translit=Duél') is a novella by Anton Chekhov originally published in 1891; it was adapted for the screen by Iosif Kheifits in 1973 (as ''The Bad Good Man'', starring Vladimir Vysotsky) and by Dover Kosashvili in 2010 (as '' The Duel''). Publication "The Duel" was first serialized in Aleksey Suvorin's newspaper '' Novoye Vremya'' from October–November 1891, after which Suvorin edited the novella and published it as a separate edition. The book enjoyed nine re-issues during the 1890s. Chekhov included "The Duel" in Volume 6 of his ''Collected Works'', published by Adolf Marks Adolf Fyodorovich Marx (russian: Адо́льф Фёдорович Маркс; 2 February 1838 – ), last name also spelled Marcks and recently Marks, known as A. F. Marx, was an influential 19th-century German publisher in Russia best known fo ... in 1899–1901.Muratova, K. D. Commentaries to Дуэль. The Works by A.P. Chekhov in 12 volumes. Khudozhestvennaya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Steppe (novella)
''The Steppe: The Story of a Journey'' (russian: Степь. История одной поездки, translit=Step'. Istoriya odnoy poyezdki) is a novella by Russian writer Anton Chekhov. In a narrative that drifts with the thought processes of the characters, Chekhov evokes a chaise journey across the steppe through the eyes of a young boy sent to live away from home, along with several companions, including his parish priest and his uncle, a merchant. Publication The novella was first published in March 1888 by ''Severny Vestnik''. With minor changes it was included in the ''Stories'' (Рассказы, 1888) to be reproduced unchanged in all its 13 editions (1889–1899). In a revised version it was included by Chekhov into Volume 4 of his Collected Works published in 1899–1901 by Adolf Marks.Muratova, K. D. Commentaries to Степь. The Works by A.P. Chekhov in 12 volumes. Khudozhestvennaya Literatura. Moscow, 1960. Vol. 6, pp. 524-525 Background In 1887, exhausted from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
