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Anton ChekovIntroduction:
Throughout the centuries of drama history, there have been many story writers among
playwrights. However, there are a few that ring a bell in almost anyone's mind. Those names
are mostly one of the essential characters in the playwriting and story writing history. Anton
Chekhov is one of those names. He had presented the world with various masterpieces such
as the step coma The Lady with the dog and other short plays like The Singer and Uncle
Vanya, and many more. All the plays and stories written by Anton Chekhov remind readers
about the metaphorical stories. The stories may seem simple. However, they have a certain
depth. Stories are basically everyday tasks and events that are described in a particular way
depending on the theme of the story.
Early Life
Anton Chekhov was a Russian-based play writer and story writer. He was born in the year 1860
on the 29th of January e in Russia’s Taganrog region. He did not live a comfortable life because
he had financial issues as his father was just a regular grocery and could not make easy and
fast money. His love for storytelling came from his mother, as she also had a passion for books
and small stories and used to read them to Anton at a very early age. His family consisted of
him, his parents, and five other siblings. His father was trying so hard to make ends meet;
however, the business was not settling and failed again in 1875. He decided to move his family
to Moscow and live there. However, Anton did not move to Moscow because he had to finish
his studies in his hometown. While he was studying, he did jobs to help his father and run
things smoothly. He also indulged in freelancing to earn quick and easy money for his family
members. After four years, Anton reunited with his family as their financial situation was still
unstable. He became interested in writing and started writing short stories and plays for local
newspapers to earn money.
Writing Career
In statistics, his career started at a very early age when he began to make freelancing stories.
However, his primary career started in the late 80s when he started earning as a physician, and
he was also working on another of his passions, which was fiction. It was the year 1880 when
he studied story writing. His initial works did very well as he launched them with his name. His
initial pieces were appreciated when he posted the story piece on various well-known platforms
like Times. He later produced an extensive version of the collection, including one of his
career’s biggest hits however, there is such a Motley as various stories published in 1886. He
also got a big prize known as the Pushkin Prize in the year 1888 with the steppe. He was
known for his short plays. He wrote famous plays such as The Seagull, Wind, Sand and Stars,
The Bear, and many more. He used humor and tragedy in a unique way to entertain people.
The plays that received the most attention were Ivanov, published in 1887, and two years later,
in 1889, he published another work called The Wood Demon, which had a new plot because it
showed the ways how rich people resolve money matters and loans.
Famous Works
, Anton’s plays and the shows were considered masterpieces in the history of drama, theatre,
and story writing. However, a few of the stories had caught the viewer’s attention and were alive
in our minds for a longer time. Most of the stories belong to the 1890s, such as Ward No. Six
and The Lady with the dog. published in 1899. The book captured the heart of the reader
through its interesting plot. The Man in the Case is another phenomenal work by Anton
Chekhov, published in 1898. The real name of the book is Chelovek v futlyare.
More Works:
The Seagull, which was published in 1895, and Uncle Vanya, published in 1897. The Three
Sisters was also published three years later in 1991, and The Cherry Orchard was published in
1904.
Death
Anton Chekhov wanted to settle down as time passed, so he got married to a theatre actress
known as Olga Knipper. But fate took a toll on him as his health started getting worst with time.
After checkup and diagnoses, it was found that he had tuberculosis. He had been suffering from
tuberculosis from a young age and could not be cured. As time passed, he died of illness in
1904 on the 15th of July at 44.
The Cherry Orchard
Written in 1903,yalta, performed in 1904, Setting:A Russian countryside
The Cherry Orchard is written in four acts, which is a characteristic of all of Anton Chekov's
plays. The play is all about the tragic plight of the family of Lyubov that remains unable to save
their estate and the cherry orchard, they are so proud of.
Summary
The play begins in the morning hours of May in Russia. We learn that the cherry trees are in
bloom even though it is freezing outside. Yermolay Lopakhin, a friend of the family, and
Dunyasha a maid on the Ranevsky estate, wait for the estate's owner Ranevsky at the estate's
main house, in a room called "the nursery". Madame Ranevskaya owns an estate in the
Russian country. She returns to this estate from Paris, where she has been staying. Upon her
return to the estate she is accompanied by numerous people, including her brother Gaev, her
daughter Anya, and her adopted daughter Varya. Her loyal footman is also present, Firs, who is
in his late eighties but determined to serve his mistress. She is told by the merchant Lopahin,
an old friend of the family who was once looked after by Madame Ranevskaya, that she will
have to sell the cherry orchard on her estate in order to pay off her debts. He advises her to
rent out some land and build a summer cottage on the estate, which can be rented out to
holidaymaker, so that she can keep her childhood home and make it financially viable. However,
she refuses, partly for sentimental reasons: she is convinced she can see the ghost of her
mother among the trees of the cherry orchard. A tutor named Petya Trofimov arrives, and we
learn that Trofimov tutored Ranevskaya’s son Grisha, who drowned five years ago, not long
after the death of his father, Ranevskaya’s husband . After these tragedies, Ranevskaya
moved to Paris. Meanwhile, Gaev has his own plans to solve his family's financial difficulties,
one of his ideas being to marry off Anya to a rich man.
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