Anton Chekhov

A Russian author. His namesake gun is used to argue that if a gun is seen on the mantle, then it must go off at some point. He told dramatists to “remove everything that has no relevance to the story” in his works on dramatic theory.

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The Seagull

The writer Konstantin Trepliov loves actress Nina Zarechnaya. His play is a failure and she takes interest in the writer Trigorin, the lover of Trepliov’s mom Irinia Arkadina. Konstantin Trepliov kills a seagull to impress Nina and places it at Nina’s feet. Trigorin becomes a good writer and Nina is cast away by Trigorin. Trepliov kills himself.

The Cherry Orchard

Ranevsky family estate is sold at auction to Lopakhin who builds houses on it.

Madame Ranevskaya allows the destruction of the cherry orchard, their family estate.

Uncle Vanya: Scenes from Country Life in Four Acts

Ivan Voinitsky [Uncle Vanya] manages the estate of brother-in-law Professor Aleksandr Serebyakov, who he learns is somewhat a fraud. Vanya loves Serebryakov’s second wife Elena Andreyevna. Serebryakov agrees not to sell the estate Vanya has worked so hard for after he tries to shoot him.

Three Sisters

Andrey Prozorov wants to be professor but wife Natalya Ivanova becomes despotic. The sister Masha marries the schoolmaster Kulygin but has an affair with the officer Vershinin, who moves away. The youngest sister Irina marries the officer Baron Tuzenbakh who is killed in a duel. The other sister is Oldga. They all want to go to Moscow.

The Lady with the Dog

Dmitri Gurov sees a woman with a pomeranian in Yalta. She is named Anna Sergeyevna. He calls women the lower race and dislikes when they have rapacious expressions. She was called away by her husband Von Diderits. She thinks it’s probably a good thing. He goes to see Anna, but can’t go in. He goes to see the Operetta “The Geisha”. She regularly visits him in Moscow on pretense of going to see her gynecologist.

A Dreary Story

Professor Nikolay Stepanovich and ward Katya review their aimless lives but cannot communicate with each other

My Life

Poleznev becomes a laborer

Peasants

long story about somber peasant life

Ward No. 6

mental hospital head Dr. Andrey Ragin withdraws into private study and alcohol, neglecting patients, except for conversations with Ivan Gromov, and is himself committed and experiences the maltreatment he allowed the patients to undergo.