The Seagull

Among all the Chekhov plays, it is The Seagull which contains most elements of real actions of real people.

In Masha's desperate love for Treplieff we can recognize a young girl's feelings for Chekhov, and a well-known female writer gave Chekhov a similar medal to the one that Nina gives to Trigorin. The painter Levithan, Chekhov's friend, kills a seagull during hunting, and soon commits an unsuccessful suicide attempt, just like Treplieff.

The famous Moscow actress Javorskaia writes to Chekhov about the ovation with which the Kharkov audience celebrated her. Chekhov shares his thoughts with his friends in his private letters either as Treplieff or as Trigorin, and sometimes Dorn's cold behaviour is also present in his lines – these are the three roles in which Chekhov composed himself in The Seagull.

Direction: Tamás Ascher

Cast: Blanka Mészáros, Zoltán Bezerédi, Adél Jordán, Gábor Máté, Ervin Nagy, Ági Szirtes ...

Stage Design: Zsolt Khell

Costum Design: Fruzsina Nagy

Photography: Judit Horváth 

Country: Hungary