Anton
Pavlovich Chekhov was born in the small seaport of Taganrog, Ukraine on January
29th 1860. chekhov enrolled in the Moscow University Medical School, where he
would eventually become a doctor. Chekhov's works were published in various St.
Petersburg papers, including Peterburskaia gazeta from 1885, and Novoe vremia
from 1886. Chekhov also published 2 full-length novels during this time, one of
which, "The Shooting Party," was translated into English in 1926.
These where some of his most memorable
stories including 'Neighbors' (1892), 'Ward Number Six' (1892), 'The Black
Monk' (1894), 'The Murder' (1895), and 'Ariadne' (1895). Chekhov enrolled on
the father figure after his Fther fled to Moscow after going bankrupt.
One of
Chekhov's techniques is called The Creative Individuality which is a completely
imaginative approach to experiencing the truth of the moment. According to
Chekhov the work of the actor is to create an inner event which is an actual
experience occurring in real time within the actor. This inner event as it is
being experienced by the actor is witnessed by the audience as an outward expression
related to the contextual moment of the play.
