checkov

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.