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The Seagull (trans. Stoppard)

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  5w, 7m

The Seagull
by Anton Chekhov
Adapted by Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard made this English version for the Peter Hall Company at the Old Vic. Here, amid "the weariness of life in the country", the famous actress Arkadina presides over a household riven with desperate love... Published in the volume Tom Stoppard: Plays 4 (with Dalliance, Undiscovered Country, Rough Crossing and On the Razzle).

The Seagull (trans. Stoppard)

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Summary
Tom Stoppard made this English version for the Peter Hall Company at the Old Vic. Here, amid "the weariness of life in the country", the famous actress Arkadina presides over a household riven with desperate love, with dreams of success and dread of failure. Her son, Konstantin, shoots a seagull; the novelist, Trigorin, will one day write the'seagull's story; but it is Nina, "the'seagull" he'self, whose life to come will rewrite the story.
  • Time Period 1900-1910
  • Setting Various interior and exterior settings

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Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) was a Russian playwright and author. He is considered to be one of the greatest writers of short fiction in history. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem. Chekhov practiced as a medical ...

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Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard’s most recent play, The Hard Problem, opened at the National Theatre in 2015. He wrote his first play, Enter a Free Man, whilst working as a journalist in Bristol. His plays include Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead, The Real Inspector Hound, After Magritte, ...

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