Great Russian playwright's tragic masterpiece portrays the inner anguish of a tormented artist who burns with unrequited love. Acclaimed as a prototype of 20th-century drama, it brilliantly reveals the universal tragedy of ruined hopes and dreams.
Anton Chekhov: 1860-1904vPlotxiCommentaryxxThe Seagull in contextxxThe seagull and the enchanted lakexxvThe play-within-the-playxxviiiTime and memory; youth and age; sleep and dreamxxxiiiArt and life; love and destructionxxxviComedy or tragedy?xxxixProblems of translationxliCritical perspectivesxlviThe Seagull in productionlivFurther ReadinglxxviiTranslator's IntroductionlxxixA Note on the TranslationxciiiPronunciation of the NamesxcviiThe Seagull1Notes68