The Seagull

Four people love the wrong people while art and youth curdle into disappointment at a country estate.

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▸Act 1The scene is laid in the park on SORIN'S estate ▸Act 2The lawn in front of SORIN'S house ▸Act 3The dining-room of SORIN'S house ▸Act 4A sitting-room in SORIN'S house, which has been converted into a writing-room for TREPLIEFF

Monologues in this work3

ARKADINA

The Seagull · Anton Chekhov

But I keep myself in hand, as the saying is, and always dress and have my hair done comme il faut. Do I ever permit myself to go out even into the garden in a dressing-gown, or without my hair being done?

1:08Comic-dramaticIntermediate

TRIGORIN

The Seagull · Anton Chekhov

Day and night I am held in the grip of one thought: I must be writing, I must be writing, I must. Here I am talking to you, I'm excited — and not for one second do I forget that there's an unfinished story waiting for me on my desk.

1:06DramaticAdvanced

NINA

The Seagull · Anton Chekhov

Why do you say that you have kissed the ground I walked on? You should kill me rather. I am so tired. If I could only rest—rest. I am a sea-gull—no—no, I am an actress.

1:55DramaticAdvanced

Writer	Anton Chekhov
Written	1896
Pages	80
Reading time	~2 hrs
Monologues	3 indexed
Themes	art, love, failure, youth
Principals	Nina, Konstantin, Trigorin, Arkadina, Masha

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