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Anton Chekhov
No full textPortrait. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramaturge and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Chekhov practiced as a medical doctor throughout most of his literary career: 'Medicine is my lawful wife', he once said, 'and literature is my mistress.' Chekhov renounced the theatre after the disastrous reception of The Seagull in 1896, but the play was revived to acclaim in 1898 by Constantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre, which subsequently also produced Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and premiered his last two plays, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard. These four works present a challenge to the acting ensemble as well as to audiences, because in place of conventional action Chekhov offers a 'theatre of mood' and a 'submerged life in the text.
Anton Chekhov
No full textPortrait by Osip Braz. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramaturge and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Chekhov practiced as a medical doctor throughout most of his literary career: 'Medicine is my lawful wife', he once said, 'and literature is my mistress.' Chekhov renounced the theatre after the disastrous reception of The Seagull in 1896, but the play was revived to acclaim in 1898 by Constantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre, which subsequently also produced Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and premiered his last two plays, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard. These four works present a challenge to the acting ensemble as well as to audiences, because in place of conventional action Chekhov offers a 'theatre of mood' and a 'submerged life in the text.
Short story, 'The Death of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov'
No full textThis story was one of three stories by Alison MacLeod commissioned as a suite of Chekhov-inspired stories by BBC Radio 4.
All three were later collected in Alison MacLeod's short fiction collection ALL THE BELOVED GHOSTS (2017):
http://eprints.chi.ac.uk/2608/
BBC Programme Notes: A set of three stories, commissioned specially for Radio 4. Alison MacLeod explores the life and work of one of the finest short story writers of them all - Anton Pavlovich Chekhov.
Episode Three:
This story could be called The Death Of Anton Chekhov By Anton Chekhov. Now very ill, Chekhov travels with Olga to a spa town in Germany in the hope of better treatment.
Alison MacLeod lives in Brighton. She was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award in 2011 and her stories Solo, A Capella and In Praise Of Radical Fish have featured in previous Radio 4 series. Her works include The Changeling and The Wave Theory of Angels. Her novel, Unexploded, was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize and was broadcast as Book At Bedtime. Alison is Professor of Contemporary Fiction at the University of Chichester.
Reader: Peter Firth
Producer: Jeremy Osborne
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4
The duel
No full textDigital copies were created from a selection of items in the original hard copy Albert Coates collection (PDV 4) held in DOMUS in the Stellenbosch University Music Library.Libretto. The duel / Anton Chehoff [Chekhov] ; music, Albert Coates. "Freely translated". 4 items
Uncle Vania - Anton Chekhov
No full textPoster advertising Uncle Vania by Anton Chekhov, directed by Mark Nicholls, presented by Crispin Theatre, at the Guild Theatre, University of Melbourne
Anton Chekhov
No full textAnton Chekhov offers a critical introduction to the plays and productions of this canonical playwright, examining the genius of Chekhov's writing, theatrical representation and dramatic philosophy. Emphasising Chekhov’s continued relevance and his mastery of the tragicomic, Rose Whyman provides an insightful assessment of his life and work. All of Chekhov’s major dramas are analysed, in addition to his vaudevilles, one-act plays and stories. The works are studied in relation to traditional criticism and more recent theoretical and cultural standpoints, including cultural materialism, philosophy and gender studies. Analysis of key historical and recent productions, display the development of the drama, as well as the playwright’s continued appeal. Anton Chekhov provides readers with an accessible comparative study of the relationship between Chekhov's life, work and ideological thought
Anton Chekhov and Maxim Gorky
No full textPlaywright Anton Chekhov and novelist Maxim Gorky ; they dramatized the many ills of Russian society in the days of the czar
The Bear & The Proposal (2009)
No full text1. Poster, 2. Photo, 3. Photo, 4. Photo, 5. Photo, 6. Photo, 7. Photo, 8. Photo, 9. Photo, 10. Photo, 11. Press Release, 12. Ground Plan, 13. Lighting PlotArchival file for the Glendon College production of two one-act plays by Anton Chekhov, The Bear and The Proposal directed by Rose Plotek. The play was performed December 1st - 5th, 2009
"Ivanov" by Anton Chekhov: set model
No full text"Ivanov" by Anton Chekhov: set model. Director: Joy Zinoman, Designer: Russell Metheny, Theater: The Metheny Theatre, Opening Date: November 3, 2004
Anton Chekhov: Three Vaudevilles Program [1991]
Full text linkBy Anton Chekhov
Directed by Yvonne Shaffer
These short early comedies, (Chekhov himself described them as vaudevilles ), though light-hearted and indeed often farcical, nevertheless give evidence of Anton Chekhov\u27s perception of our precarious grip on our destinies, a perception which led him to explore the troubled, darkly comic world of his mature work. Adapted here by Yvonne Shafer, they reveal a quizzically amused sympathy for the life of the Russian moujik and the petit bourgeois, expressed in deft] y controlled episodes that range in mood from the melancholy to the wildly funny. They afford a valuable and rare opportunity to witness the work of one of the world\u27s most accomplished playwrights during his apprentice years.https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/theatre-programs-1990-1991/1004/thumbnail.jp
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