The Seagull

Chekhov's treatment of theatre and love against the background of a magical lake attempts to define the role of the artist in the modern world. Plays for Performance Series.

About the author

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860 - 1904) was a Russian playwright and short story writer, who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. His career as a playwright produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theater. Chekhov practiced as a medical doctor throughout most of his literary career: "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress."

Summary

Chekhov's treatment of theatre and love against the background of a magical lake attempts to define the role of the artist in the modern world. Plays for Performance Series.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Brustein, Anton Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Chekov Anton Pavlovich 1860-1904
• Assisted by: Nicholas Rudall (Editor), Bernard Sahlind (Editor), George Calderon (Translation)
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.1992
• EAN: 9780929587882
• ISBN: 978-0-929587-88-2
• No. of pages: 108
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 7 mm
• Weight: 148 g
• Series: Plays for Performance; Plays for Performance Series; Plays for Performance; Plays for Performance Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies