by Anton Cechov · Diogenes Verlag AG · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783257200911
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«Die Möwe» is the four-act comedy by Anton Chekhov, published by Diogenes Verlag in paperback (144 pages, in German).
A group of characters linked to theatre and literature gather at an estate in rural Russia at the end of the 19th century. Their amorous longings and artistic ambitions clash with the indifference of others, jealousy and the passage of time, in a bittersweet comedy where life and art observe each other.
German edition translated and edited by Peter Urban, published in 1996 by Diogenes Verlag; corresponds to volume 1 of the series Das dramatische Werk. The play premiered in 1896.
For readers of classic Russian theatre and 19th-century drama, interested in a German edition.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short story writer. Widely considered one of the greatest writers of all time, his career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre. Chekhov was a physician by profession. "Medicine is my lawful wife," he once said, "and literature is my mistress."
