Chekhov

Or Tche·khov

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

noun

1. Anton Pavlovich 1860–1904, Russian short-story writer and dramatist.

Chekhov

/ ˈtʃɛkɒf, ˈtʃɛxəf, tʃɛˈkəʊvɪən /

noun

1. 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)

Other Word Forms

• Chekhovian adjective

Example Sentences

And she was gonna direct a production of “The Three Sisters” by Chekhov.

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He references the stories of Anton Chekhov, the artistic philosophy of Pablo Picasso and anime like “Jujutsu Kaisen.”

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All the actors are on the same page, equally at home with Chekhov’s realism and buoyant theatricality.

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Just like Chekhov’s gun, if there’s an extremely toxic fruit lying around, someone is probably going to eat it.

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On stage, she appeared alongside Glenda Jackson in Chekhov's Three Sisters; and played Ophelia in Hamlet – later admitting her nightly descent into madness had been chemically enhanced.

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