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=Anton Chekhov =

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 Uncle Vanya and premiered Chekhov’s 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." Chekhov had at first written stories only for financial gain, but as his artistic ambition grew, he made formal innovations which have influenced the evolution of the modern short story. His originality consists in an early use of the stream-of-consciousness technique, later adopted by James Joyce and other modernists, combined with a disavowal of the moral finality of traditional story structure. He made no apologies for the difficulties this posed to readers, insisting that the role of an artist was to ask questions, not to answer them. By May 1904, at the age of 64, Chekhov was terminally ill with tuberculosis. In June of that year, he and his wife set of for the spa town of Badenweiler, German Empire. Checkov died there on July 15th. His body was transported back to Moscow for burial next to his father.
 * Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ** ; 29 January,1860 – 15 Ju  ly, 1904) was a Russian short-story writer, playwright and physician, considered to be one of the greatest short-story writers in the history of world literature. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Chekhov practised as a doctor throughout most of his literary career: "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress."

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__**Plays:**__ //Three Sisters// (1901) //The Cherry Orchard// (1904)
 * // That Worthless Fellow Platonov // **** (1881) **
 * //On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco// (1886) **
 * //Swansong// (1887) **
 * //Ivanov// (1887) **
 * // The Boor // or // The Bear //(1888) **
 * // A Marriage Proposal //(1888) **
 * // A Reluctant Tragic Hero //(1889) **
 * //The Wedding// (1889) **
 * //The Wood Demon// (1889) **
 * // The Festivities //(1891) **
 * //The Seagull// (1896) **
 * //Uncle Vanya// (1899) **


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