The Seagull

T666338167
Written in 1896 this is a comic play of aspiration and failure. On a summer's day in a makeshift theatre by a lake, a bold new play is to be performed. It is the work of a young, would-be playwright, Konstantin, who is searching for a new, more authentic dramatic form. The play stars his beautiful muse and neighbour, Nina. The assembled family audience includes his actress mother, Arkadina, who has just arrived from Moscow with the famous novelist, Trigorin. What happens during, and in the days immediately after, this play's first performance will change not just the course of the summer, but the lives of everyone involved, for ever after. This masterly meditation on love and art is both comic and tragic, and marks the birth of the modern stage.

Author

Anton Chekhov

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Archive :: production:T666338167, play:S4870, venue:V386
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Production Changes

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10 Jan 22

D:Anya Reiss, I:Jamie Lloyd, S:Soutra Gilmour, L:Jackie Shemesh, U:George Dennis, M:George Dennis, I:Stuart Burt (CDG - casting), P:Emilia Clarke (Nina)

10 Jan 22

D:Anya Reiss, I:Jamie Lloyd, S:Soutra Gilmour, L:Jackie Shemesh, U:George Dennis, M:George Dennis, I:Stuart Burt (CDG - casting), P:Emilia Clarke (Nina)