The Seagull 1983

Ages: 8+
Opened: November 24, 1983
Closing: December 11, 1983

The Seagull - 1983 - Off-Broadway History , Info & More

American Place Theatre
266 West 37th Street, Floor 22 New York, NY 10018

The renowned scholar Michael Henry Heim, professor of Slavic languages and literature at the University of California, has written a brilliant new translation of this play that established Chekhov. One of the first productions of the Moscow Art Theatre, the plot deals with a young Treplev, his unfulfilled literary ambitions and his love for Nina. Convinced that he has lost her and furious at her attention to the literary lion, Trigorin, the despairing young man kills a seagull and lays it at Nina's feet as a symbol of his ruined hopes. Nina leaves with Trigorin, only to return later after Trigorin has lost interest in her. In a moving half-coherent speech, she compares herself to the seagull destroyed by a man's momentary whim. In this translation, Professor Heim gives us a fluent, utterly Chekhovian text without making it so contemporary that the play loses its sense of period. This is The Seagull that soars.

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The Seagull FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of The Seagull have there been?
The Seagull has had 10 productions including Off-Broadway which opened in 1954, Off-Broadway which opened in 1956, Off-Broadway which opened in 1962, Off-Broadway which opened in 1973, Off-Broadway which opened in 1975, Off-Broadway which opened in 1980, Off-Broadway which opened in 1983, Off-Broadway which opened in 2001, Off-Broadway which opened in 2008 and West End which opened in 2020.

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