Die Möwe

In the organizer's words:

Play by Anton Chekhov

From 14 years
Guest performance at the Rheinisches Landestheater Neuss

"A comedy, three female roles, six male roles, four acts, one landscape (view of a lake); many conversations about literature, little action, one pud of love" - Anton Chekhov sums up his play almost modestly, but things actually get heated on the country estate in Tsarist Russia.

Teacher Medvedenko loves Masha, Masha loves Konstantin, Konstantin loves Nina, Nina loves Trigorin, and Trigorin loves only himself. They all meet one summer at the aforementioned country estate because the famous actress Arkadina invites them to a play. Her son Konstantin has written a monologue for Nina to perform. He wants to revolutionize the theater, she wants to become an actress and catch Trigorin.

Anton Chekhov was also looking for new forms of theater and saw The Seagull as a comedy about people who stand in their own way and often fail to find happiness despite their knowledge of their own weaknesses. Born in 1860, died in 1904, the Russian writer and playwright Anton Chekhov was a doctor by profession from 1884. He pursued his medical work mostly on a voluntary basis and at the same time wrote over 600 literary works. In addition to The Seagull, his best-known dramas include Three Sisters, Uncle Vanya and The Cherry Orchard.