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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
Okay so technically I didn’t read this but I saw a production of it. But what an extraordinary play! So rife with feeling and despair. Chekhov Spring part 2
i absolutely loved the paragraphs about writing, and nina’s perspective on acting, it felt so like you were talking to chekhov directly
Konstantin's play is so funny!
"All is cold, cold. All is void, void, void. All is terrible, terrible."
"What decadent rubbish is this?"
"Mother!"
"All is cold, cold. All is void, void, void. All is terrible, terrible."
"What decadent rubbish is this?"
"Mother!"
dark
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
How easy it is, Doctor, to be a philosopher on paper and, how difficult in real life.
The Seagull was a delightful exploration of binary contrasts, a meditation rocking the countryside as a mélange of folk gather by the shore of a lake for some Slavic R&R: adultery and suicide. I am only kidding. Echoing Hemingway, one would imagine all of Mother Rus hanging themselves judging by the pages of its marvelous literature. The contrast between urban and rural is explored as is the space between art and labor. Regret happens to ruminate and the servants receive a whole ruble to divide amongst themselves. There's a play-within-the-play which somehow struck me as did Bergman's Through A Glass Darkly and everyone appears to be quoting Hamlet. Substitute a sea gull for an albatross and pen a portrait of the artist (or author) as lecher and Bob's your uncle (but not Vanya).
The Seagull was a delightful exploration of binary contrasts, a meditation rocking the countryside as a mélange of folk gather by the shore of a lake for some Slavic R&R: adultery and suicide. I am only kidding. Echoing Hemingway, one would imagine all of Mother Rus hanging themselves judging by the pages of its marvelous literature. The contrast between urban and rural is explored as is the space between art and labor. Regret happens to ruminate and the servants receive a whole ruble to divide amongst themselves. There's a play-within-the-play which somehow struck me as did Bergman's Through A Glass Darkly and everyone appears to be quoting Hamlet. Substitute a sea gull for an albatross and pen a portrait of the artist (or author) as lecher and Bob's your uncle (but not Vanya).
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Don't consider my opinion on this play, I am clearly not intelligista enough to weigh in properly. I was bored and confused by it. Maybe if I saw it onstage? But really, why?
My favorite lines from this play are the ones about writing: why to write and what to write about. The strongest scene is the one with the sea gull itself. And the title words "a comedy" are rather misleading: from nearly every vantage point, comedy is not the primary view.