The Seagull
A Methuen Student Edition of Chekhov's classic play in Michael Frayn's acclaimed translation.
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 byMore A Methuen Student Edition of Chekhov's classic play in Michael Frayn's acclaimed translation.
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 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. Less
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Praveen rated it really liked it
My first play of Chekhov. After reading it peacefully on my library desk. I am going to watch it tonight. I'll try to write my opinion on it !
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After my reading of his stories, some of my GR friends had suggested me to try his plays. I earnestly obeye. Read full review
Ahmad Sharabiani rated it really liked it
The Seagull, Anton Chekhov
عنوانها: مرغ دریایی - نمایشنامه در چهار پرده؛ مرغ دریایی؛ پرنده دریایی؛ نویسنده: آنتون چخوف؛
عنوان: مرغ دریایی - نمایشنامه در چهار پرده؛ نویسنده: آنتون چخوف؛ مترجم: کامران فانی؛ تهران، اندیشه، چاپ سوم 1355؛ در 130 ص؛ چاپ دیگر: تهران، نشر قطره، 138. Read full review
Duane rated it really liked it
So I saved the first for last and I think probably the best for last as well. But they are all outstand. Read full review
Jason rated it really liked it
over 3 years ago
I just noticed this is my 100th review. Or perhaps it is my 98th if you only count the sober ones (unless of course you’re using the Alex method, in which case I’ve only written two reviews because it’s only the drunken ones that count), and so I shall allow myself in lig. Read full review
Bam rated it it was amazing
“A young girl grows up on the shores of a lake, as you have. She loves the lake as the gulls do, and is as happy and free as they. But a man sees her who chances to come that way, and he destroys her out of idleness, as this gull here has been destroyed.”
Bruce rated it it was amazing
almost 3 years ago
When I read a play, I am always aware of what a limited view I have of the work, knowing that I am seeing a mere skeleton without any flesh, a framework on which must be hung the realization of the work of art; thinking that I have truly experienced the play. Read full review
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Guest cottage at Melikhovo where Chekhov wrote The Seagull
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28 September 2013
Russian literature seems to have a very bleak undertone to it, though I must admit that the only Russian authors that I have read are Dostoyevsky and Chekhov, and the only other author that I know of (and do intend to read o. Read full review
Niloo Beygi rated it liked it
about 2 years ago
نمایشنامه های چخوف بیشتر جزو نمایشنامه های مدرنی به حساب میان که دیگه نباید درشون دنبال رخداد خاصی گشت یا توقع تعلیق ماجرایی رو داشت. بلکه عنصر اصلی نمایشنامه های چخوف کنش متقابل انسان ها و روابطشون با همه. برای همین هم معمولا نمایشنامه هاش شخصیت های زیادی داره-البته من ب. Read full review
Mel rated it it was amazing
[Cuando mi mente sea capaz de salir de ese escenario, escribo algo coherente sobre ella. Voy a disfrutar un poco más de esta post-lectura].
Dos días después, sigo dándole vueltas a si Tréplev habrá conseguido su propósito, o seguirá intentando suicidarse eternamente. Sigo. Read full review
Book Details
Paperback. 65 pages
Published April 25th 2002 by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama (first published 1895
ISBN 0413771008 (ISBN13: 9780413771001 ) Edition Language English Original Title Чайка Characters Irina Nikolaievna Arkadina, Constantin Gavrilovitch Treplev, Piotr Nikolaievitch Sorine, Nina Mikhailovna Zaretchnaia, Ilia Afanassievitch Chamraiev More… Irina Nikolaievna Arkadina, Constantin Gavrilovitch Treplev, Piotr Nikolaievitch Sorine, Nina Mikhailovna Zaretchnaia, Ilia Afanassievitch Chamraiev, Paulina Andreievna, Macha, Boris Alexeievitch Trigorine, Evgueni Sergueievitch Dorn, Semion Semionovitch Medvedenko, Iakov Less
About this Author
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born in the small seaport of Taganrog, southern Russia, the son of a grocer. Chekhov's grandfather was a serf, who had bought his own freedom and that of his three sons in 1841. He also taught himself to read and write. Yevgenia Morozova, Chekhov's mother, was the daughter of a cloth merchant.
"When I think back on my childhood," Chekhov recalled, "it all seems quite.