num_pages: 65
description: A Methuen Student Edition of Chekhov's classic play in Michael Frayn's acclaimed translation.When it first opened in St Petersburg in 1896, The Seagull survived only five performances after a disastrous first opening night. Two years later it was revived by Nemirovich-Danchenko at the newly-founded Moscow Art Theatre with Stanslasky as Trigorin and was an immediate success. Checkhov's description of the play was characteristically self-mocking: "A comedy - 3F, 6M, four acts, rural scenery (a view over a lake); much talk of literature, little action, five bushels of love".Michael Frayn's translation was commissioned by the Oxford Playhouse Company.
language: English
title: The Seagull
titlecomplete: The Seagull
characters: Constantin Gavrilovitch Treplev, Evgueni Sergueievitch Dorn, Nina Mikhailovna Zaretchnaia, Paulina Andreievna, Macha, Ilia Afanassievitch Chamraiev, Irina Nikolaievna Arkadina, Semion Semionovitch Medvedenko, Piotr Nikolaievitch Sorine, Iakov, Boris Alexeievitch Trigorine
genres: Russia, Theatre, School, Drama, Plays, Literature, Russian Literature, Classics, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 32013
places: Russian Federation
publisher: Methuen Drama