Anton Chekhov
Writer
January 29, 1860 — July 15, 1904 (44 years)
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).
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).
Known For
Filmography
| 2025 | Affair of HonorOn Plex |
| 2021 | |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Ivanov · as Novel |
| 2010 | Anton Chekhov's the Duel · as Novel |
| 2009 | Ward No. 6 · as Novel |
| 2009 | |
| 2008 | The Orchard · as Novel |
| 2006 | Kolme suudelmaa · as Novel |
| 2004 | Ragin · as Novel |
| 2004 | About Love · as Novel |
| 2001 | Lover's Prayer · as NovelOn Plex |
| 1990 | Trois années · as Novel |
| 1988 | The Black Monk · as Novel |
| 1982 | |
| 1978 | Steppe · as Novel |
| 1978 | The Shooting Party · as Novel |
| 1977 | The Seagull · as Novel |
| 1977 | Dead End · as Novel |
| 1973 | The Duel · as Novel |
| 1973 | Paviljon broj VI · as Novel |
| 1973 | Moya zhizn · as Novel |
| 1973 | Si Mamad · as Novel |
| 1970 | To theatro tis Defteras · as Novel |
| 1970 | Belated Flowers · as Novel |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | In the Town of S · as Novel |
| 1963 | Novela · as Novel |
| 1963 | Black Sabbath · as NovelOn Plex |
| 1960 | The Lady with the Dog · as Novel |
| 1959 | Revenge · as Novel |
| 1957 | The Bride · as Novel |
| 1955 | Das Streichholz unterm Bett · as Novel |
| 1944 | Summer Storm · as Novel |
| 1944 | Marriage · as Novel |
| 2022 | Un Selfie avec Anton Tchekhov · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2024 | Sur l'autre rive · as Play "platonov" |
| 2024 | Chayka · as Play |
| 2024 | National Theatre Live: Vanya · as Theatre Play |
| 2023 | Duel in trei · as Story By |
| 2022 | National Theatre Live: The Seagull · as Theatre Play |
| 2022 | The Black Monk · as Original Story |
| 2021 | Three Sisters · as Play |
| 2020 | Uncle Vanya · as Theatre Play |
| 2020 | Essay for Levitan · as Letters |
| 2019 | The End of the Season · as Theatre Play |
| 2018 | The Seagull · as Play |
| 2018 | The Seagull · as Theatre Play |
| 2017 | Onkel Wanja · as Theatre Play |
| 2017 | Tri sestry · as Theatre Play |
| 2017 | The Seagull · as Author |
| 2015 | Ogres · as Play |
| 2015 | Agafia · as Short Story |
| 2015 | Le rustre et le juge · as Short Story |
| 2015 | Les trois soeurs · as Theatre Play |
| 2015 | Le journal d'un vieil homme · as Short Story |
| 2014 | Ottaal · as Short Story |
| 2014 | Days and Nights · as Story |
| 2014 | Winter Sleep · as Inspired From Short Stories By |
| 2014 | It Can Pass Through the Wall · as Short Story |
| 2011 | National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard · as Original Story |
| 2008 | Pari · as Play |
| 2007 | Afternoon · as Original Story |
| 2006 | Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her · as Short Story |
| 2005 | The Sisters · as Original Story |
| 2003 | La petite Lili · as Original Story |
| 2002 | Mansion by the Lake · as Play "vishnyovyy Sad" |
| 2002 | Chekhov's Motifs · as Short Story |
| 2000 | Speed for Thespians · as Play "medved" |
| 1999 | The Cherry Orchard · as Theatre Play |
| 1998 | Chekhov i ko · as Original Story |
| 1996 | August · as Theatre Play |
| 1994 | Country Life · as Author |
| 1994 | Vanya on 42nd Street · as Theatre Play |
| 1994 | Tri sestry · as Theatre Play |
| 1991 | Performance · as Play "dyadya Vanya" |
| 1991 | Kasba · as Original Story |
| 1988 | Three Sisters · as Theatre Play |
| 1987 | Dark Eyes · as Short Story |
| 1987 | Dyadya Vanya · as Author |
| 1987 | Hotel de France · as Author |
| 1986 | Softly from Paris · as Original Story |
| 1986 | Katha Sagar · as Story |
| 1985 | Ogni · as Stories |
| 1984 | |
| 1984 | Drei Schwestern · as Play |
| 1983 | Ivanov · as Play |
| 1983 | Potseluy · as Short Story |
| 1983 | An Uneventful Story · as Short Story |
| 1983 | Chelovek v futlyare · as Short Story |
| 1982 | Vera · as Based On A Short Story By |
| 1981 | The Cherry Orchard · as Theatre Play |
| 1980 | Story of an Unknown Man · as Short Story |
| 1978 | Funny People · as Short Story |
| 1978 | El jardín de los cerezos · as Play "vishnyovyy Sad" |
| 1978 | Ward Six · as Story |
| 1977 | Drei Schwestern · as Theatre Play |
| 1977 | Unfinished Piece for the Player Piano · as Theatre Play |
| 1977 | Tre søstre · as Play |
| 1976 | Kashtanka · as Short Story |
| 1975 | Romance with a Double Bass · as Short Story |
| 1974 | Eralash · as Based On A Short Story By |
| 1972 | The Seagull · as Theatre Play |
| 1972 | Eti raznye, raznye litsa · as Short Story |
| 1971 | Ma femme · as Short Story |
| 1971 | Great Performances · as Play "chayka" |
| 1971 | Karusel · as Short Story |
| 1970 | Three Sisters · as Theatre Play |
| 1970 | Uncle Vanya · as Theatre Play |
| 1970 | Semeynoe schaste · as Short Story |
| 1969 | Syuzhet dlya nebolshogo rasskaza · as Book |
| 1969 | An Event · as Story |
| 1968 | The Sea Gull · as Theatre Play |
| 1968 | De meeuw · as Play "chayka" |
| 1968 | Tri goda · as Author |
| 1968 | From Chekhov with Love · as Original Story |
| 1966 | De drie zusters · as Play: Three Sisters |
| 1966 | The Three Sisters · as Author |
| 1965 | Play of the Month · as Theatre Play |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre · as Story |
| 1965 | Estudio 1 · as Play "vishnyovyy Sad" |
| 1964 | NET Playhouse · as Play By |
| 1964 | The Three Sisters · as Theatre Play |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 · as Theatre Play |
| 1963 | Uncle Vanya · as Theatre Play |
| 1963 | Teletales · as Short Story |
| 1963 | The Richard Boone Show · as Play |
| 1962 | The Cherry Orchard · as Theatre Play |
| 1961 | Oom Wanja · as Play: Uncle Vanya |
| 1961 | Duel · as Short Story |
| 1960 | Vanka · as Short Story |
| 1959 | The Play of the Week · as Play "vishnyovyy Sad" |
| 1959 | Too Salty · as Story |
| 1958 | Vedma · as Short Story |
| 1957 | Television World Theatre · as Play |
| 1957 | Uncle Vanya · as Theatre Play |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week · as Play |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse · as Story 'the Bet' |
| 1955 | The Jane Wyman Show · as Story |
| 1955 | The Grasshopper · as Short Story |
| 1955 | Der Bär · as Play "medved" |
| 1954 | Camera Three · as Based On The Short Story By |
| 1954 | The Safety Match · as Short Story |
| 1954 | The Anna Cross · as Book |
| 1954 | Marriage · as Theatre Play |
| 1953 | Television Theater · as Drama |
| 1952 | Omnibus · as Play |
| 1952 | Toto and the King of Rome · as Story |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre · as Story |
| 1952 | Kashtanka · as Short Story |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars · as Story |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre · as Play |
| 1947 | Mastera stseny · as Play "the Cherry Orchard" |
| 1939 | Man in a Shell · as Short Story |
| 1938 | Medved · as Theatre Play |
| 1931 | Sano se suomeksi · as Play: A Marriage Proposal |
| 1929 | An Hour with Chekhov · as Short Story |