The Seagull
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The Seagull is a landmark 1896 play by Anton Chekhov that explores unrequited love, artistic ambition, and the clash between old and new forms of theater in a rural Russian setting.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
ⓘ
stage work ⓘ |
| author | Anton Chekhov ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 1895 ⓘ |
| directorOfNotableProduction | Konstantin Stanislavski ⓘ |
| dramaticForm |
ensemble drama
ⓘ
indirect action ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1896-10-17 ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace |
Alexandrinsky Theatre
ⓘ
surface form:
Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
|
| followedBy |
The Cherry Orchard (stage production)
ⓘ
surface form:
The Cherry Orchard
Three Sisters ⓘ Uncle Vanya ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
realist drama ⓘ tragicomedy ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
film adaptations
ⓘ
stage adaptations in many languages ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ |
| hasSymbol | seagull ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century drama
ⓘ
modern realist theater ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Boris Trigorin
ⓘ
Dorn ⓘ Irina Arkadina ⓘ Konstantin Treplev ⓘ Masha ⓘ Medvedenko ⓘ Nina Zarechnaya ⓘ |
| movement |
Realism
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian realism
|
| notableProduction | Moscow Art Theatre 1898 production ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 4 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Чайка ⓘ |
| partOf | Chekhov’s four major plays ⓘ |
| precededBy | Ivanov ⓘ |
| settingLocation | rural Russia ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| symbolism |
destructive nature of idealization
ⓘ
fragility of dreams ⓘ |
| theme |
artistic ambition
ⓘ
clash between old and new forms of theater ⓘ frustration and failure ⓘ generational conflict ⓘ provincial life ⓘ the nature of art ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| titleInEnglish | The Seagull self-link ⓘ |
| writer | Anton Chekhov ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 1896 ⓘ |
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The Seagull (stage)
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The Seagull (adaptation)
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The Seagull (screenplay adaptation)
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The Seagull (stage production)
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The Sea Gull (stage)