• The Seagull was the first play written by Russian physician and author Anton Chekhov.

• Fast Facts

  1. Playwright: Anton Chekhov
  2. Setting: Provincial Russia
  3. Publication: 1896
  4. Premiere Date: October 17 1896
  5. ISBN 978-0571192700
  6. Borrows dialog from Hamlet
  7. Opening night was a complete flop
  8. Konstantin Stanislavsky's later production triumphed

• Synopsis

  The play centers on the romantic and artistic conflicts between four theatrical characters: the ingenue Nina, the fading leading lady Irina Arkadina, her son the experimental playwright Konstantin Treplyov, and the famous middlebrow story writer Trigorin.

• Characters

  1. Madame Arkadina: an actress
  2. Konstantin Treplyov: her son, a playwright
  3. Sorin: Arkadina's brother
  4. Nina: daughter of a rich landowner
  5. Shamrayef: retired lieutenant, manager of Sorin's estate
  6. Pauline: his wife
  7. Masha: their daughter
  8. Trigorin: a well-known writer
  9. Dorn: a doctor
  10. Medviedenko: a schoolmaster
  11. Yakov: a laborer
  12. Cook

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