description: When it opened in St Petersburg in 1896, The Seagull survived only five performances after a disastrous first night. Two years later it was revived by Nemirovich-Danchenko at the newly-founded Moscow Art Theatre, with Stanislavsky as Trigorin, and was an immediate success, changing for ever the nature and possibilities of drama. Chekhov's description of the play was characteristically self-mocking: 'A comedy - three f., six m., four acts, rural scenery (a view over a lake); much talk of literature, little action, five bushels of love'.
language: English
title: The Sea Gull
titlecomplete: The Sea Gull (Van Itallie)
characters: Paulina Andreievna, Evgueni Sergueievitch Dorn, Constantin Gavrilovitch Treplev, Piotr Nikolaievitch Sorine, Macha, Irina Nikolaievna Arkadina, Iakov, Ilia Afanassievitch Chamraiev, Boris Alexeievitch Trigorine, Semion Semionovitch Medvedenko, Nina Mikhailovna Zaretchnaia
genres: Fiction, Plays, Russian Literature, Theatre, Classics, 19th Century, Drama, Russia, Literature, School
ratings_count: 32012
places: Russian Federation
publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.