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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Y-blokka (demolished) hasMural The Seagull
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Russian literature hasNotableWork The Seagull
The Seagull titleInEnglish The Seagull self-link
Ron Cook notableWork The Seagull
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Carey Mulligan notableWork The Seagull
Michael Zegen notableWork The Seagull
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this entity surface form: The Seagull (adaptation)
Stephen Karam wrote The Seagull
this entity surface form: The Seagull (screenplay adaptation)
Vivien Merchant notableWork The Seagull
this entity surface form: The Sea Gull
Claudie Blakley notableWork The Seagull
this entity surface form: The Seagull (stage production)
Blythe Danner notableWork The Seagull
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this entity surface form: The Sea Gull (stage)