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Las tres hermanas / El jardín de los cerezos / Tío Vania
The Cherry Orchard (or Vishniovy sad in Russian) is Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's last play. It premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre 17 January 1904 in a production directed by Constantin Stanislavski. Chekhov intended this play as a comedy and it does contain some elements of farce; however, Stanislavski insisted on directing the play as a tragedy. Since this initial production, directors have had to contend with the dual nature of this play.
Three Sisters (Russian:Tri sestry) is a play, written in 1900 and first produced in 1901, by Russian author Anton Chekhov. It is considered among Chekhov's major plays.
Three Sisters is a naturalistic play about the decay of the privileged class in Russia and the search for meaning in the modern world.
Uncle Vanya is a tragicomedy by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov published in 1899. Its first major performance was in 1900 under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski.
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Dramas, such as The Seagull (1896, revised 1898), and including "A Dreary Story" (1889) of Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, also Chekov, concern the inability of humans to communicate.
Born ( Антон Павлович Чехов ) in the small southern seaport of Taganrog, the son of a grocer. His grandfather, a serf, bought his own freedom and that of his three sons in 1841. He also taught to read. A cloth merchant fathered Yevgenia Morozova, his mother.
"When I think back on my childhood," Chekhov recalled, "it all seems quite gloomy to me." Tyranny of his father, religious fanaticism, and long nights in the store, open from five in the morning till midnight, shadowed his early years. He attended a school for Greek boys in Taganrog from 1867 to 1868 and then Taganrog grammar school. Bankruptcy of his father compelled the family to move to Moscow. At the age of 16 years in 1876, independent Chekhov for some time alone in his native town supported through private tutoring.
In 1879, Chekhov left grammar school and entered the university medical school at Moscow. In the school, he began to publish hundreds of short comics to support his mother, sisters and brothers. Nicholas Leikin published him at this period and owned Oskolki (splinters), the journal of Saint Petersburg. His subjected silly social situations, marital problems, and farcical encounters among husbands, wives, mistresses, and lust; even after his marriage, Chekhov, the shy author, knew not much of whims of young women.
Nenunzhaya pobeda , first novel of Chekhov, set in 1882 in Hungary, parodied the novels of the popular Mór Jókai. People also mocked ideological optimism of Jókai as a politician.
Chekhov graduated in 1884 and practiced medicine. He worked from 1885 in Peterburskaia gazeta.
In 1886, Chekhov met H.S. Suvorin, who invited him, a regular contributor, to work for Novoe vremya, the daily paper of Saint Petersburg. He gained a wide fame before 1886. He authored The Shooting Party , his second full-length novel, later translated into English. Agatha Christie used its characters and atmosphere in later her mystery novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd . First book of Chekhov in 1886 succeeded, and he gradually committed full time. The refusal of the author to join the ranks of social critics arose the wrath of liberal and radical intelligentsia, who criticized him for dealing with serious social and moral questions but avoiding giving answers. Such leaders as Leo Tolstoy and Nikolai Leskov, however, defended him. "I'm not a liberal, or a conservative, or a gradualist, or a monk, or an indifferentist. I should like to be a free artist and that's all..." Chekhov said in 1888.
The failure of The Wood Demon , play in 1889, and problems with novel made Chekhov to withdraw from literature for a period. In 1890, he traveled across Siberia to Sakhalin, remote prison island. He conducted a detailed census of ten thousand convicts and settlers, condemned to live on that harsh island. Chekhov expected to use the results of his research for his doctoral dissertation. Hard conditions on the island probably also weakened his own physical condition. From this journey came his famous travel book.
Chekhov practiced medicine until 1892. During these years, Chechov developed his concept of the dispassionate, non-judgmental author. He outlined his program in a letter to his brother Aleksandr: "1. Absence of lengthy verbiage of political-social-economic nature; 2. total objectivity; 3. truthful descriptions of persons and objects; 4. extreme brevity; 5. audacity and originality; flee the stereotype; 6. compassion." Because he objected that the paper conducted against [a:Alfred Dreyfu
Dramas, such as The Seagull (1896, revised 1898), and including "A Dreary Story" (1889) of Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, also Chekov, concern the inability of humans to communicate.
Born ( Антон Павлович Чехов ) in the small southern seaport of Taganrog, the son of a grocer. His grandfather, a serf, bought his own freedom and that of his three sons in 1841. He also taught to read. A cloth merchant fathered Yevgenia Morozova, his mother.
"When I think back on my childhood," Chekhov recalled, "it all seems quite gloomy to me." Tyranny of his father, religious fanaticism, and long nights in the store, open from five in the morning till midnight, shadowed his early years. He attended a school for Greek boys in Taganrog from 1867 to 1868 and then Taganrog grammar school. Bankruptcy of his father compelled the family to move to Moscow. At the age of 16 years in 1876, independent Chekhov for some time alone in his native town supported through private tutoring.
In 1879, Chekhov left grammar school and entered the university medical school at Moscow. In the school, he began to publish hundreds of short comics to support his mother, sisters and brothers. Nicholas Leikin published him at this period and owned Oskolki (splinters), the journal of Saint Petersburg. His subjected silly social situations, marital problems, and farcical encounters among husbands, wives, mistresses, and lust; even after his marriage, Chekhov, the shy author, knew not much of whims of young women.
Nenunzhaya pobeda , first novel of Chekhov, set in 1882 in Hungary, parodied the novels of the popular Mór Jókai. People also mocked ideological optimism of Jókai as a politician.
Chekhov graduated in 1884 and practiced medicine. He worked from 1885 in Peterburskaia gazeta.
In 1886, Chekhov met H.S. Suvorin, who invited him, a regular contributor, to work for Novoe vremya, the daily paper of Saint Petersburg. He gained a wide fame before 1886. He authored The Shooting Party , his second full-length novel, later translated into English. Agatha Christie used its characters and atmosphere in later her mystery novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd . First book of Chekhov in 1886 succeeded, and he gradually committed full time. The refusal of the author to join the ranks of social critics arose the wrath of liberal and radical intelligentsia, who criticized him for dealing with serious social and moral questions but avoiding giving answers. Such leaders as Leo Tolstoy and Nikolai Leskov, however, defended him. "I'm not a liberal, or a conservative, or a gradualist, or a monk, or an indifferentist. I should like to be a free artist and that's all..." Chekhov said in 1888.
The failure of The Wood Demon , play in 1889, and problems with novel made Chekhov to withdraw from literature for a period. In 1890, he traveled across Siberia to Sakhalin, remote prison island. He conducted a detailed census of ten thousand convicts and settlers, condemned to live on that harsh island. Chekhov expected to use the results of his research for his doctoral dissertation. Hard conditions on the island probably also weakened his own physical condition. From this journey came his famous travel book.
Chekhov practiced medicine until 1892. During these years, Chechov developed his concept of the dispassionate, non-judgmental author. He outlined his program in a letter to his brother Aleksandr: "1. Absence of lengthy verbiage of political-social-economic nature; 2. total objectivity; 3. truthful descriptions of persons and objects; 4. extreme brevity; 5. audacity and originality; flee the stereotype; 6. compassion." Because he objected that the paper conducted against [a:Alfred Dreyfu
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September 18, 2025
Nema sumnje. Čehov je jedan od najznačajnijih ruskih pisaca. Ali, isto tako nema sumnje da su sve tri drame napisane PRIJE VIŠE OD STOTINU GODINA, ali kao da je pisano prije HILJADU (Tri sestre, 1900., Ujak Vanja, 1897 i Višnjik 1902.) i da, iako Čehov progovara u svojim djelima o univerzalnim ljudskim temama poput prolaznosti vremena, patnji, nostalgiji, općenito palom ljudskom stanju, drame su mi bile toliko naporne za čitati.
U "Tri sestre" ništa mi nije bilo jasno do polovine trećeg čina. Na sceni tj. u kući tri sestre, smjenjuje se plejada muškaraca, uglavnom činovnika preko 30 godina, koji nisu u nikakvoj rodbinskoj niti prijateljskoj vezi sa sestrama, ali se oni tamo non-stop vrzmaju i cijelo se vrijeme pitaš što ovi nepoznati muškarci rade u tuđoj kući dok im brat tugaljivo svira violinu u susjednoj sobi. "Ujak Vanja" ima nešto bolju kompoziciju i aranžman scene pa se odmah na početku radnja da lijepo pratiti. "Ujak Vanja" je i najbolja drama u ovoj zbirci i, ako želite nešto pročitati od Čehova, onda najbolje ovo djelo. "Višnjik," komedija u četiri čina, niti je komična ni tragikomična, nego dosadna. U drami se priča o prodaji višnjika i o nostalgiji i na kraju se višnjik proda. Eto, spojlam vam kraj.
Mislim da mi najviše kod Čehova smeta što u dramama nema neke posebne radnje. Drama je samo u ljudima i njihovom stanju. I u sve tri drame likovi su jedni te isti! Uvijek je tu neki vlastelin, barun, koji propada, obitelj koja propada, liječnik koji propada i ne zna ništa od svog posla (Čehov je studirao medicinu pa se morao uglaviti u svako djelo), lijepe, pametne, ali očajne i duboko nesretne adolescentkinje koje opsjedaju, zavode i gnjave muškarci stariji od njih dvadeset godina, onda su tu udane žene koje su nesretne u braku jer im je muž star, pa varaju muževe, i muževi koji su nesretni u braku i varaju žene i usput hoće da što prije umru. I da, ima tu jako puno činovnika. U Rusiji je to izgleda tada bilo hit zanimanje. Ako si žena, onda si udavača ili nesretno udana, ako si muškarac onda su činovnik, i jako nezadovoljan životom. Pa sam Čehov kaže: "Sve je tako isto! Ako malo porazgovarate s kojim ovdašnjim intelektualcem, civilom ili vojnikom - izmučila ga žena, izmučila ga kuća, izmučilo ga imanje, izmučili ga konji...! Ruskom je čovjeku u najvišoj mogućoj mjeri svojstven uzvišen način mišljenja, ali recite mi, zašto on u životu ne može dosegnuti neku zavidnu visinu?"
Da, sve je u Čehovljevoj drami tako isto. Zato, pročitati "Ujaka Vanju" je sasvim dovoljno.
U "Tri sestre" ništa mi nije bilo jasno do polovine trećeg čina. Na sceni tj. u kući tri sestre, smjenjuje se plejada muškaraca, uglavnom činovnika preko 30 godina, koji nisu u nikakvoj rodbinskoj niti prijateljskoj vezi sa sestrama, ali se oni tamo non-stop vrzmaju i cijelo se vrijeme pitaš što ovi nepoznati muškarci rade u tuđoj kući dok im brat tugaljivo svira violinu u susjednoj sobi. "Ujak Vanja" ima nešto bolju kompoziciju i aranžman scene pa se odmah na početku radnja da lijepo pratiti. "Ujak Vanja" je i najbolja drama u ovoj zbirci i, ako želite nešto pročitati od Čehova, onda najbolje ovo djelo. "Višnjik," komedija u četiri čina, niti je komična ni tragikomična, nego dosadna. U drami se priča o prodaji višnjika i o nostalgiji i na kraju se višnjik proda. Eto, spojlam vam kraj.
Mislim da mi najviše kod Čehova smeta što u dramama nema neke posebne radnje. Drama je samo u ljudima i njihovom stanju. I u sve tri drame likovi su jedni te isti! Uvijek je tu neki vlastelin, barun, koji propada, obitelj koja propada, liječnik koji propada i ne zna ništa od svog posla (Čehov je studirao medicinu pa se morao uglaviti u svako djelo), lijepe, pametne, ali očajne i duboko nesretne adolescentkinje koje opsjedaju, zavode i gnjave muškarci stariji od njih dvadeset godina, onda su tu udane žene koje su nesretne u braku jer im je muž star, pa varaju muževe, i muževi koji su nesretni u braku i varaju žene i usput hoće da što prije umru. I da, ima tu jako puno činovnika. U Rusiji je to izgleda tada bilo hit zanimanje. Ako si žena, onda si udavača ili nesretno udana, ako si muškarac onda su činovnik, i jako nezadovoljan životom. Pa sam Čehov kaže: "Sve je tako isto! Ako malo porazgovarate s kojim ovdašnjim intelektualcem, civilom ili vojnikom - izmučila ga žena, izmučila ga kuća, izmučilo ga imanje, izmučili ga konji...! Ruskom je čovjeku u najvišoj mogućoj mjeri svojstven uzvišen način mišljenja, ali recite mi, zašto on u životu ne može dosegnuti neku zavidnu visinu?"
Da, sve je u Čehovljevoj drami tako isto. Zato, pročitati "Ujaka Vanju" je sasvim dovoljno.
February 5, 2023
同样是因为驾驶我的车这部电影看的，电影中大量的情节是这部戏剧的排练，不过阅读完毕发现戏剧和电影作品并无呼应，这种影像化的戏剧确实很有趣，比单纯看剧本能感受到的更多。
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