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Which Anton Chekhov plays were written for the Moscow Art Theatre?

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Anton Chekhov wrote the following plays specifically for the Moscow Art Theatre:

Three Sisters (1901)1
The Cherry Orchard (1904)1

While the Moscow Art Theatre also famously revived and achieved great success with his earlier play, The Seagull, that work was originally written and performed elsewhere before the theatre's founding. Additionally, the theatre staged other works by Chekhov, such as Uncle Vanya, which were also incorporated into their repertoire.123