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The Seagull

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1 year, 2 months ago at Mar 9 0:25
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magnífica exploração temática sobre as frustrações e inseguranças de ser um artista, abordando vários temas transcendentes e expondo algumas reflexões sobre o valor da arte e de como isso está conectado com o próprio ser humano, algo metafísico, distinto de outras obras do Tchekov, aqui topamos com vários comentários meta do autor sobre como é difícil equilibrar a vida sendo um art... read more
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Description: A group of friends and relations gather at a country estate to see the first performance of an experimental play, written and staged by the young man of the house, Konstantin. Among the audience are Konstantin's mother, the actress Arkadina, and her lover, the famous novelist Trigorin. Their glamorous presence not only disrupts the performance but soon takes on a more profound significance for the lives of all those present. The Seagull has always been a favourite among Chekhov's plays. It was in fact his first success - and the first success for Stanislavski, who directed and acted in it - though the first ever production of t ... (more)
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
Release date: 12 July 2010
ISBN-10 : 0393338177 | ISBN-13: 9780393338171
Tags: Drama (1), Comedy (1), Satire (1), Romance (1), Art (1), Russia (1), Theatre (1), Meta (1), Russian Literature (1), Anton Chekhov (1)
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Magnifik posted a review 1 year, 2 months ago

“magnífica exploração temática sobre as frustrações e inseguranças de ser um artista, abordando vários temas transcendentes e expondo algumas reflexões sobre o valor da arte e de como isso está conectado com o próprio ser humano, algo metafísico, distinto de outras obras do Tchekov, aqui topamos com vários comentários meta do autor sobre como é difícil equilibrar a vida sendo um artista, sobre como lidar com críticas e etc sendo uma espécie de "synedoche new york" russo usando recursos metafóricos refinadíssimos para passar uma mensagem potente sobre o valor transcendente da arte.

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" Subject: dramatises the romantic and artistic conflicts between four characters: the famous middlebrow story writer Boris Trigorin, the ingenue Nina, the fading actress Irina Arkadina, and her son the symbolist playwright Konstantin Treplev. I dress in black to match my life. I am unhappy. We should show life neither as it is, nor as it should be, but as we see it in our dreams. How easy it is, Doctor, to be a philosopher on paper, and how difficult in real life!"


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