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The Garrick presents four of Anton Chekovs early and hilarious short plays, 'The Bear', 'The Evils of Tobacco', 'Swan Song' and 'The Proposal'. Chekhov himself dubbed these four early one-acts, vaudevilles. Written for their earning potential at a time when the playwright's family was struggling financially, each of the plays deals with a subject that Chekhov would continue to explore in his later, more famous plays: love, in all its manifestations, glory and complication.