This anthology contains 4 plays by Chekhov. These are The Sea Gull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard. Chekhov first attained celebrity status as a playwright with 'The Seagull'(1895), which was first produced in Petersburg, but was subsequently brilliantly directed by Stanislavsky for the Moscow Art Theatre. Uncle Vanya (1900), 'Three Sisters (1901), and the most famous of Chekhov's plays, The Cherry Orchard (1904), followed in quick ...