Chekhov

or Tche·khov

[ chek-awf, -of; Russian chye-khuhf ]

noun

1. An·ton Pa·vlo·vich [an, -ton pav-, loh, -vich, uhn-, tawn, puh-, vlaw, -vyich], 1860–1904, Russian short-story writer and dramatist.

Chekhov

/ ˈtʃɛkɒf; ˈtʃɛxəf; tʃɛˈkəʊvɪən /

noun

1. ChekhovAnton Pavlovich18601904MRussianTHEATRE: dramatistWRITING: short-story writer Anton Pavlovich (anˈtɔn ˈpavləvitʃ). 1860–1904, Russian dramatist and short-story writer. His plays include The Seagull (1896), Uncle Vanya (1900), The Three Sisters (1901), and The Cherry Orchard (1904)

Derived Forms

• Chekhovian, adjective

Example Sentences

There is also the jolt of discovery, as when a theater troupe came to the 15-year-old Pacino’s favorite movie theater to perform Chekhov’s “The Seagull” and lighted a fire under him.

From Los Angeles Times

How could a man who mastered the works of Anton Chekhov and August Wilson be content booming “Infidel defilers!” in “Conan the Barbarian”?

From Los Angeles Times

Actress Cate Blanchett is to return to the stage for the first time in six years, with a role in Anton Chekhov's play The Seagull.

From BBC

He has also played Hamlet on the London stage and, last year, all eight characters in a one-man adaptation of Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya.”

From Los Angeles Times

So Chekhov instructed playwrights, and so they are taught in drama schools everywhere.

From New York Times