Russian playwright and author Anton Chekhov’s last play, The Cherry Orchard, premiered January 17, 1904 at the Moscow Art Theatre. He died a few months after the opening. 

“The next play I write will definitely be funny, very funny, at least in intention.” 
(Chekhov in a letter to Olga Knipper, 7 March 1901)
https://stan.be/en/productie/the-cherry-orchard/

150th Birth Anniversary of Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)
Issued by Russia in 2010
Designer: O. Luchnikova

Chekhov worked on The Cherry Orchard for years, ponderously, hesitantly, changing tone, all the while struggling with his health. He had been suffering from chronic tuberculosis for years and was now in rapid decline, often too tired to go on writing. On 28 July 1903 he wrote to Konstantin Stanislavski from his dacha in Yalta on the Crimean peninsula: “My play isn’t ready yet, it is progressing slowly, which can only be explained by my laziness, by the wonderful weather, and by the difficulty of the subject.”

With special thanks to STAN Theatre Company in Antwerp Belgium.  All quotes are from their excellent site. The Cherry Orchard | STAN  has an excellent, and thoughtful write up of the play.

And, alas, there are no stamps dedicated to The Cherry Orchard. This trio will have to do.

150th Birth Anniversary of Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) souvenir sheet
Scene from – Lady with a Dog, Anton P. Chekhov (1899)
Scene from – The Sea Gull, Anton P. Chekhov (1896)
Scene from – House with Mezzanine, Anton P. Chekhov (1896)
Released by Russian post in 2011
Designer: O. Luchnikova