In the summer of 1884, shortly after qualifying as a doctor in Moscow, Anton Chekhov began working at a district hospital. “I am in fine fettle, for I have my medical diploma in my pocket,” he ...
Summer 1890. To earn a little money and feed his family, Anton Chekhov, a humble doctor, writes sketches for newspapers under a pseudonym Antosha Chekhonte. An important writer and publisher come to ...
In my medical humanities and ethics class, I get the attention of my pre-medical students by starting with Anton Chekhov’s short story masterpiece Ward No. 6. Chekhov was a doctor who watched and ...
NEW YORK -- When we think of Anton Chekhov -- doctor, humanist, short story writer, playwright -- we don't often think of a political fire starter. His closely observed, often delicately comic work ...
Anton Chekhov is remembered for his great works of fiction and – after Shakespeare – is the second most performed playwright in history. But he was also a qualified doctor who made a curious and ...
Bob Blaisdell’s “Chekhov Becomes Chekhov” does exactly what its title promises: It tracks—story by story, month by month, sometimes day by day—how Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), the Moscow ...
The New Yorker: Love in the Time of Numbness; or, Doctor Chekhov, Writer
Sydney Morning Herald: The Good Doctor: Cappelletta impresses in Ensemble's Chekhov tribute
Sandra Bates ends her career as artistic director of the Ensemble Theatre with this affectionate Neil Simon tribute to Anton Chekhov's short fiction. Our guide is Chekhov himself, a man driven to ...
RBTH: 10 little known photos of Anton Chekhov that show the playwright in a new light