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"The Seagull" By Anton Chekhov
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“The Seagull” is a slice of life drama set at the end of the nineteenth century on a estate in the Russian countryside. It was first performed in 1896 in St Petersburg and was a disastrous failure. This terrible reception so upset the playwright Anton Chekhov he vowed never to write again. However, it was revived two years later by Nemirovich Danchenko and Konstantin Stanislavski for their first season at the newly formed Moscow Arts Theatre where it triumphed. All the characters are dissatisfied with their lives in some way. Some suffer unrequited love whilst others are unhappy about their careers and lives in general. Their dreams elude them and they are unable to find happiness.
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