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Ivanov (Russian: Иванов: драма в четырёх действиях (Ivanov: drama in four acts); also translated as "Ivanoff") is a four-act drama by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Ivanov was first performed in 1887, when Fiodor Korsh, owner of the Korsh Theatre in Moscow, commissioned Chekhov to
According to the main version, the surname Ivanov comes from the baptismal male name Ivan. The name Ivan is the Russian form of the canonical masculine name John, which from Hebrew means 'the mercy of God.'. The name Ivan in the period from the XVI to the XIX century was considered the most common among Russian people.
Nov 12, 2012 · “Ivanov,” Chekhov’s 1887 drama, features a melancholy title character played by Ethan Hawke in the Classic Stage Company production.
May 22, 2014 · Still, the three most typical Russian family names, often mentioned as a sequence, are: Ivanov, Petrov, Sidorov.
Ach Ivanov, poor Ivanov, how heavy life can weigh on a man’s shoulders! 'The life of a man is like a flower, blooming so gaily in a field. Then, along comes a goat, he eats it, and the flower is gone!'
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Ivanov is a drama by Anton Chekhov that depicts the despair and depression of a Russian landowner named Nikolai Ivanov. The play explores his troubled marriage, his financial troubles, his affair with a young woman, and his suicidal thoughts.
The play Ivanov (1887–89) culminates in the suicide of a young man nearer to the author’s own age. Together with “A Dreary Story,” that belongs to a group among Chekhov’s works that have been called clinical studies.
