‘After the Theatre’ by Anton Chekhov: Short Story Analysis ‘After the Theatre’ is a late nineteenth-century short story penned by one of the greatest Russian short story writers, Anton Chekhov. The story was published in 1892 and is about the effect that an opera has on a suggestible and highly excitable young lady of sixteen years of age. The opera's name is ‘Yengeny … [Read more...] about ‘After the Theatre’ by Anton Chekhov: Short Story Analysis