{"product_id":"the-seagull-by-anton-chekhov-9780413771001","title":"The Seagull","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen it opened in St Petersburg in 1896, \u003cem\u003eThe Seagull\u003c\/em\u003e survived only five performances after a disastrous first night. Two years later, it was revived by Nemirovich-Danchenko at the newly-founded Moscow Art Theatre with Stanislavsky as Trigorin and was an immediate success.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChekhov'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\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMethuen Student Editions are annotated texts of a wide range of plays from the modern and classic repertoires. As well as the complete text of the play itself, the volume contains a chronology of the playwright's life and work, an introduction giving the background to the play, a discussion of the various interpretations, and notes on individual words and phrases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50519521362156,"sku":"9780413771001","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780413771001-the-seagull-1.jpg?v=1790161067","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-seagull-by-anton-chekhov-9780413771001","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}