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The Bear: A Joke in One Act, or The Boor (Russian: Медведь: Шутка в одном действии, romanized: Medved': Shutka v odnom deystvii, 1888), is a one-act comedic play written by Russian author Anton Chekhov. The play was originally dedicated to Nikolai Nikolaevich Solovtsov, Chekhov's boyhood friend and director/actor who ...
The singer Pasha's quiet evening with an admirer, Kolpakov, is interrupted by a visitor who reveals that she is Kolpakov's wife. She demands to see her husband, who has hidden in another room, then bombards Pasha with insults and demands that she return all the gifts Kolpakov has given her in order to raise funds to replace the money he has embezzled.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov [a] (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ k ɒ f /; [3] Russian: Антон Павлович Чехов [b], IPA: [ɐnˈton ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕexəf]; 29 January 1860 [c] – 15 July 1904 [d]) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem ...
The Festivities (Russian: Юбилей, romanized: Yubilei) is a one-act farce by Anton Chekhov. Written in December 1891, it was first published in May 1892, and is based on his short story "A Defenceless Creature" (Беззащитное существо, 1887).
The story came out in 1894 via the Posrednik Publishers, but with the Varvara and Sofya's nightly dialogue cut out, the scene which is crucial for the understanding of the whole story. After some stylistic revision Chekhov included it into Volume 6 of his Collected Works published by Adolf Marks in 1889–1901.
FX’s “The Bear,” which follows Jeremy Allen White’s Chef Carmy as he takes over his brother’s restaurant following his sibling’s death by suicide, is adored by fans and critics.
Chekhov purchased the Melikhovo farm in 1892 and ordered a lodge built in the middle of a cherry orchard. The lodge had three rooms, one containing a bed and another a writing table. Chekhov eventually moved in, and in a letter written in October 1895 he wrote: I am writing a play which I shall probably not finish before the end of November.
Cast of ‘The Bear’ accept the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series award onstage during the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on February 24, 2024. Matt Winkelmeyer ...