List of Plays by Anton Chekhov and Japanese Translations

A Chronological List of Plays by Anton Chekhov

 Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов, 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904)

Chekhov is one of greatest playwrights of modern times. He is known for his plays, often combining elements of both comedy and tragedy. While works reflect the frequently turbulent developments specific to his homeland, their lasting appeal lies in Chekhov's talent for exploring universally human situations with grace and dexterity.

 (Date & Place Premiered)

Year of Writing	English Title (First English Translation Year)	Original Title [Acts]	Japanese Translation
1881 (1923)	That Worthless Fellow Platonow (1930 By J. Cournos), Fatherlessness	Платонов [4 Act Play, unfinished]	1960『プラトーノフ』原卓也訳、1994『プラトーノフ』松下裕訳
1886	Harmful Effects of Tobacco (19?? By Milka Petrovich),  The Dangers of Tobacco, The Evils of Tobacco (2006 By L. Senelick)	О вреде табака (O vrede tabaka) [1 Act Play]	1909『煙草の害毒』瀬沼夏葉訳、1919『たばこ』広津和郎訳、1926『タバコの害について』米川正夫訳
1886 (1887)	The Swan Song (1912 By M. Fell)	Лебединая песня (Калхас)	1913『白鳥の歌』秦豊吉訳、1920『臨終の歌（カルハス）』富士辰馬訳、1926『白鳥の歌』米川正夫訳
1887 (1887 Moscow)	Ivanoff or Ivanov (1912 By M. Fell)	Иванов: драма в четырёх действиях (Ivanov: Drama v chetyryokh deystviyakh) [4 Act Play]	1913『イワノフ』瀬沼夏葉訳、1923『イワノフ』佐藤義雄訳、1923『イワノフ』米川正夫訳
1888 (1888 Moscow)	The Bear (1909 By Roy Temple House), The Boor	Медведь: Шутка в одном действии (Medved: Shutka v odnom deystvii) [A Joke in One Act]	1910『熊』小山内薫訳、1913『熊』伊東六郎訳、1923『熊』米川正夫訳
1889 (1889 Moscow)	The Wood Demon (1926 By S. S. Keteliansky)	Леший (Leshy) [A Comedy in 4 Acts]	1926『森の精』米川正夫訳、1935『森の精』中村白葉訳
1889 (1890)	A Marriage Proposal (1914 By H. Baukhage & B. H. Clark), The Proposal (1915 By M. Fell)	Предложение (Predlozheniye) [1 Act Comedy]	1910『犬』小山内薫訳、1915『結婚申し込』仲木貞一訳、1923『申込』米川正夫訳
1889 (1900)	The Wedding (1915 By M. Fell), The Wedding Reception	Свадьба [1 Act Comedy]	1926『結婚式』米川正夫訳
1890?	The Eve of the Trial or The Night  before the Trial	[unfinished play]	1919『裁判前の夜』富士辰馬訳、1960『公判の前夜』原卓也訳
1891	The Anniversary (1915 By M. Fell), The Festivities, The Jubilee	Юбилей	1923『記念祭』本郷保雄訳、1923『記念祭』佐藤義雄訳、1923『記念祭』米川正夫訳
1896 (1896 Peters- burg)	The Sea-Gull (1909 For Royal Theatre, Glasgow) (1912 By M. Fell) 1898 Moscow	Чайка (Chayka) [4 Act Comedy]	1910『鴎』楠山正雄訳、1914『海鴎』伊東六郎訳、1926『かもめ』米川正夫訳
1897 (1899 Moscow)	Uncle Vanya (1912 By M. Fell) 1899 Moscow	Дядя Ваня (Dyadya Vanya) [4 Act Play]	1912『叔父ワーニア』瀬沼夏葉訳、1920『ワーニヤをぢさん』楠山正雄訳、1927『伯父ワーニヤ』中村白葉訳
1899	The Tragedian in Spite of Himself (1915 Bu J. West), A Reluctant Tragic Hero	Трагик поневоле [1 Act Play]	1911『捉はれたる悲劇役者』中村白葉訳、1919『是非ない愁嘆』富士辰馬訳,1922『悲劇役者』金杉恒弥訳、1926『余儀なく悲劇役者』米川正夫訳、1927『心にもなき悲劇役者』熊沢復六訳
1901 (1901 Moscow)	The Three Sisters (1915 By J. West)	Три сeстры (Tri sestry) [4 Act Play]	1911『三人姉妹』吹田蘆風訳、1911『三人の姉妹』秦豊吉訳、1923『三姉妹』佐藤義雄訳、1923『三人姉妹』、米川正夫訳
1903 (1904 Moscow)	The Cherry Garden (1908 M. S. Mandell), The Cherry Orchard (1915 By M. Fell) 1960 Birmingham	Вишнëвый сад, (Vishnevyi sad) [4 Act Comedy]	1913『桜の園』瀬沼夏葉訳、1913『さくら畑』中谷徳太郎、1913『桜の園』伊東六郎訳、1920『桜の園』楠山正雄訳
1914	On the High Road (1915 By M. Fell), The Main Road	[unfinished 一幕のエチュード]	1916『駅路』南修訳、1920『街道筋で』並山拝石訳、1926『路上』米川正夫訳
(1923)	Tatyana Repina (1999 By J. Racin) (2006 By L. Senelick)	[The sensational onstage suicide of Russian actress and opera singer Kadmina in 1881 led Alexei Suvorin to memorialize her in his 1888 four-act play Tatyana Repina. One year later, his friend Anton Chekhov, himself fascinated by Kadmina, sent Suvorin a one-act play, which was in fact a fifth act continuation of Tatyana Repina, with instructions to show it to no one.]	1939『タチヤーナ・レーピナ』米川正夫訳、1960『タチヤーナ・レーピナ』原卓也訳

   It will be helpful for us to see the contents of The complete plays / Anton Chekhov (New York ; London : W. W. Norton, c2006), translated, edited, and annotated by Laurence Senelick.

Contents: Early experiments -- Untitled play (without patrimony [disinherited] or Platonov) -- Variants -- Along the highway -- Collaboration -- The power of hypnotism by Anton Chekhov and Ivan Shcheglov -- Humorous dialogues and parodies -- The fool, or, The retired captain -- A young man -- Unclean tragedians and leprous playwrights -- An ideal examination -- "Chaos-vile in Rome" -- A mouth as big as all outdoors -- Honorable townsfolk -- At the sickbed -- The case of the year 1884 -- A drama -- Before the eclipse -- The sudden death of a steed, or, The magnanimity of the Russian people! -- Swan song (calchas) -- Variants -- The evils of tobacco, first version -- Ivanov, first version -- Variants -- The bear -- Variants -- The proposal -- Variants -- Ivanov, final version -- Variants -- Tatyana Repina -- An involuntary tragedian (from the life of vacationers) -- Variant -- The wedding -- Variants -- The wood goblin -- Variants -- The celebration -- Variants -- The eve of the trial -- Variants -- The seagull -- Variants -- Uncle Vanya -- Variant -- Sisters -- Variants -- The evils of tobacco, final version -- The cherry orchard -- Variants -- Appendix: lost and unwritten plays.