The Seagull
The Seagull
a
COMEDY
by Anton Chekhov
March 12, 13, 14, 15,
March 19, 20, 21, 22,
March 25, 26, 27, 28 2009 Note: Performances on Sunday the 15th and 22nd are matinees and begin at 2pm. All other performances begin at 8pm.
"It is sublimely understood Chekov...an event and a thrilling one. - New York Post"
The Seagull, a work that the author himself claimed contained "five tons of love", is a play about a very human tendency to reject love that is freely given and seek it where it is withheld. Many of its characters are caught in a destructive, triangular relationship that evokes both pathos and humor. What the characters cannot successfully parry is the destructive force of time, the passage of which robs some, like famous actress Madame Arkadina, of beauty, and others, like her sensitive would-be-writer son Konstantine, of hope.