The Seagull (1896) is the earliest and perhaps the most fragile of Chekhov’s four masterpieces. The major themes of love and art are explored in the relationships between characters and the frustrations and failures they experience. Chekhov sought to show life as it is, devoid of the convenient moral judgements, patterns and the order that art traditionally imposes on human experience. Chekhov called The Seagull a comedy but its comic nature is grounded in irony, and a sense of the absurdity and meaningless of human endeavour.
Cast and crew
Director
Andrew MorrisonCast
Arkadina - Terry MacTavishKonstantin - Andrew Robinson
Sorin - John Watson
Nina - Emily Duncan
Shamrayev - Brian Kilkelly
Polina - Jackie Winchester
Masha - Fran Hackshaw
Trigorin - Mark Neilson
Dorn - Don Knewstubb
Medvedenko - Corey Anderson
Yakov - Andrew Cook
Maid - Danielle Heares-Farry
Crew
Stage Manager - Danielle Heares-FarrySet Design - Andrew Cook
Set Construction - Andrew Cook
Set Construction - Jeffrey Vaughan
Lighting Design - Corey Anderson
Operator - Alia Berkeley
Wardrobe - Roz McKechnie
Publicity - Roslyn Nijenhuis
Poster Design - Jackie Winchester
Photography - Reg Graham
Front of House - Murray Robertson
Front of House - Rosemary Beresford