Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short story writer of the late nineteenth century, known for works like *The Cherry Orchard*, *The Seagull*, and *Uncle Vanya*.
His plays pioneered a naturalistic style focused on mood and character over plot, influencing modern drama profoundly.
He was also a physician.
She found his stories as melancholy as Chekhov.
Venue for live drama
- stageRaised performance platform
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
- Three SistersNamed geological triplet
- Cherry OrchardGrove of cherry trees
Uncle Vanya · Moscow Art Theatre · Stanislavski · dramaturgy · dialogue · monologue · ensemble · rehearsal
Subdued, lasting sadness
- ennuiWeary, listless dissatisfaction
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- unfulfilledNot brought to completion
- provincialRegional or narrow-minded
isolation · class · gentry · decline · futility · nostalgia · paralysis · boredom
Worldview excluding the supernatural
- verisimilitudeAppearance of being factual
- slice-of-lifeRealistic portrayal of ordinary events
- everydayOccurring each day
- mundaneCommonplace, lacking excitement
psychological · character-driven · observational · nuanced · understated · subtlety · authenticity · unidealized
Russia's capital city
- Dostoevsky19th-century Russian author
- PushkinEugene Onegin author
- TurgenevRussian realist writer
- StanislavskiActing technique innovator
Tolstoy · Slavic · Siberia · Sakhalin · Yalta · samovar · dacha · intelligentsia
Brief evocative description
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- brevityShortness of expression
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- anecdoteBrief account of incident
epiphany · irony · twist · denouement · narrative · prose · characterization · slice-of-life
Licensed medical doctor
- doctorLicensed medical healer
- tuberculosisMycobacterial lung disease
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- patientAble to wait calmly
Sakhalin · humanitarian · cholera · epidemic · clinic · practitioner · consumptive · sanatorium
theater
Venue for live drama
- stageRaised performance platform
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
- Three SistersNamed geological triplet
Cherry Orchard · Uncle Vanya · Moscow Art Theatre · Stanislavski · dramaturgy · dialogue · monologue · ensemble · rehearsal · tragicomedy
melancholy
Subdued, lasting sadness
- ennuiWeary, listless dissatisfaction
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- unfulfilledNot brought to completion
provincial · isolation · class · gentry · decline · futility · nostalgia · paralysis · boredom · unrequited
naturalism
Worldview excluding the supernatural
- verisimilitudeAppearance of being factual
- slice-of-lifeRealistic portrayal of ordinary events
- everydayOccurring each day
mundane · psychological · character-driven · observational · nuanced · understated · subtlety · authenticity · unidealized · prosaic
Moscow
Russia's capital city
- Dostoevsky19th-century Russian author
- PushkinEugene Onegin author
- TurgenevRussian realist writer
Tolstoy · Stanislavski · Slavic · Siberia · Sakhalin · Yalta · samovar · dacha · intelligentsia · serf
vignette
Brief evocative description
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- brevityShortness of expression
- compressionForcing into smaller space
anecdote · epiphany · irony · twist · denouement · narrative · prose · characterization · slice-of-life · atmosphere
physician
Licensed medical doctor
- doctorLicensed medical healer
- tuberculosisMycobacterial lung disease
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
patient · Sakhalin · humanitarian · cholera · epidemic · clinic · practitioner · consumptive · sanatorium · Yalta
- Russian WritersPushkin, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Dostoyevsky, Turgenev
- theatreBroadway, acting, theatre, stage, actor
- PlaywrightsWilliam Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Ibsen, Sophocles, George Bernard Shaw
- Modern DramaHenrik Ibsen, modern theater, modern tragedy, social drama, psychological drama
- Short Story WritersGuy de Maupassant, O. Henry, Edgar Allan Poe, Alice Munro, Flannery O'Connor
- ChekhovThe Seagull, The Cherry Orchard, playwright, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters
Anton Chekhovmelodrama
Sensational, emotionally overwrought drama
Victor Hugo · Alexandre Dumas · bombast · sensationalism · soap opera
Anton ChekhovCharles Dickens
Alexandre Dumas · P.G. Wodehouse · optimism · triumphalism · sentimentality
Anton ChekhovO. Henry
American short story writer
Agatha Christie · Arthur Conan Doyle · action-adventure · escapist fiction · genre fiction