The Seagull

Characters

Chekhov reads The Seagull with the Moscow Art Theatre company. Chekhov reads (centre), on Chekhov's right, Konstantin Stanislavski is seated, and next to him, Olga Knipper. Stanislavski's wife, Maria Lilina, is seated to Chekhov's left. On the far right side of the photograph, Vsevolod Meyerhold is seated. Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko stands in the far left side of the photograph.
  • Irina Nikolayevna Arkadina – an actress, married surname Trepleva
  • Konstantin Gavrilovich Treplev – Irina's son, a young man
  • Pyotr Nikolayevich Sorin – Irina's brother, owner of the country estate
  • Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya – a young woman, the daughter of a rich landowner
  • Ilya Afanasyevich Shamrayev – a retired lieutenant and the manager of Sorin's estate
  • Polina Andreyevna – Shamrayev's wife
  • Masha – her daughter
  • Boris Alexeyevich Trigorin – a novelist
  • Yevgeny Sergeyevich Dorn – a doctor
  • Semyon Semyonovich Medvedenko – a teacher in love with Masha.
  • Yakov – a workman
  • Cook
  • Maid

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