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Swansong (play)

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Swansong (Russian: Лебединая песня, romanized: Lebedinaya pesnya) is an 1887 play by Anton Chekhov, based on his own story "Calchas", concerning an elderly actor.^[1]

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^ James N. Loehlin The Cambridge Introduction to Chekhov 2010 1139493523 p.60 "One of these, Swan Song (1887), continues to develop Chekhov's interest in the theatrical milieu; it is based on his short story “Calchas,” one of his many tales about the stage."

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Plays	Platonov (1881) On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco (1886, 1902) Swansong (1887) Ivanov (1887) The Bear (1888) A Tragedian in Spite of Himself (1889) The Wedding (1889) Tatiana Repina (1889) The Wood Demon (1889) A Marriage Proposal (1890) The Festivities (1891) The Seagull (1896) Uncle Vanya (1897) Three Sisters (1901) The Cherry Orchard (1904)
Novel	The Shooting Party (1884)
Novellas	The Steppe (1888) A Dreary Story (1889) The Duel (1891) The Story of an Unknown Man (1893) Three Years (1895) My Life (1896) Peasants (1897) In the Ravine (1900)
Short stories	"An Enigmatic Nature" (1883) "The Death of a Government Clerk" (1883) "Fat and Thin" (1883) "The Complaints Book" (1884) "Surgery" (1884) "The Chameleon (1884) "Oysters" (1884) "A Living Chronology" (1885) "Small Fry" (1885) "The Fish" (1885) "A Horsey Name" (1885) "The Huntsman" (1885) "A Malefactor" (1885) "Sergeant Prishibeyev" (1885) "Children" (1886) "Misery" (1886) "The Requiem" (1886) "Anyuta" (1886) "Ivan Matveyich" (1886) "The Witch" (1886) "Agafya" (1886) "Grisha" (1886) "Easter Eve" (1886) "A Gentleman Friend" (1886) "The Privy Councillor" (1886) "The Chorus Girl" (1886) "A Misfortune" (1886) "Mire" (1886) "Vanka" (1886) "Shrove Tuesday" (1886) "Home" (1887) "Happiness" (1887) "First Aid" (1887) "The Runaway" (1887) "The Siren" (1887) "The Cattle-Dealers" (1887) "Boys" (1887) "Kashtanka" (1887) "A Story Without a Title" (1888) "Sleepy" (1888) "A Nervous Breakdown" (1889) "The Bet" (1889) "Gusev" (1890) "Peasant Wives" (1891) "The Grasshopper" (1892) "Ward No. 6" (1892) "In Exile" (1892) "The Black Monk" (1894) "Rothschild's Violin" (1894) "The Student" (1894) "The Teacher of Literature" (1894) "Anna on the Neck" (1895) "Whitebrow" (1895) "Ariadne" (1895) "The House with the Mezzanine" (1895) "The Petcheneg" (1897) "At Home" (1897) "In the Cart" (1897) "The Man in the Case" (1898) "Gooseberries" (1898) "About Love" (1898) "Ionych" (1898) "A Doctor's Visit" (1898) "On Official Duty" (1899) "The Darling" (1899) "The Lady with the Dog" (1899) "The Bishop" (1902) "Betrothed" (1903)
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