Bauer, a university professor, and his wife, Francesca, hire someone to help in arranging some papers for publication. The employee, Tomas, comes to live with the couple, and quickly discovers that things are not quite right with them. Francesca and Tomas end up having sex while the professor goes after the young man’s mistress, Ingrid. Soon, the men swap partners, and reality and fantasy start to blur. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RevtyrXvnso
When it first opened in St Petersburg in 1896, The Seagull survived only five performances after a disastrous first opening night. Two years later it was revived by Nemirovich-Danchenko at the newly-founded Moscow Art Theatre with Stanslasky as Trigorin and was an immediate success. Checkhov's description of the play was characteristically self-mocking: "A comedy - 3F, 6M, four acts, rural scenery (a view over a lake); much talk of literature, little action, five bushels of love".
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In Chekhov's tragi-comedy - perhaps his most popular play - the Gayev family is torn by powerful forces, forces rooted deep in history, and in the society around them. Their estate is hopelessly in debt: urged to cut down their beautiful cherry orchard and sell the land for holiday cottages, they struggle to act decisively.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDy3xOM0Cfg