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Seagull

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Description for Seagull Paperback. A striking version of Chekhov's classic play by Charlotte Pyke, John Kerr and Joseph Blatchley, restoring to the play the cuts demanded by the Russian censor in 1896. Translator(s): Pyke, Charlotte; Kerr, John; Blatchley, Joseph. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 112.

A striking version of Chekhov's classic play, by Charlotte Pyke, John Kerr and Joseph Blatchley, restoring to the play the cuts demanded by the Russian censor in 1896.

In nineteenth-century rural Russia, an anxious young writer prepares the first performance of his new play for the two women in his life. The consequences are devastating, with everybody in love with the wrong person, and death hovering close by.

Through both comedy and tragedy, Seagull explores lives that are precariously balanced between love and indifference, success and failure, hope and despair.

This version of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
88
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848422100
SKU
V9781848422100
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Ref
99-10

About Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), a physician by training, is now considered the most notable 20th-century Russian dramatist. His major plays, all staged by Stanislavsky at the Moscow Art Theatre, helped establish psychological realism in European theatre. Charlotte Pyke is an actress and translator. She has translated several Russian plays, including The Seagull (as Seagull) for the Arcola, The Government ... Read more

Reviews for Seagull
'Absorbingly vibrant - a Seagull that soars'
The Times
'Wonderfully nimble... the play feels fresh and vital... full of warmth and wit'
Stage
'New translation brings an immediacy and a vibrancy to the play that does it a world of good'
Whatsonstage.com

Goodreads reviews for Seagull


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