The Seagull

Christopher Hampton

ISBN 10: 0571237355 / ISBN 13: 9780571237357

Published by Faber and Faber, 2007

About this Item

pp. 96.

Seller Inventory # 357048636

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Seagull
• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571237355
• ISBN 13: 9780571237357
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

I know now, Kostya, I understand that in our work - doesn''t matter whether it''s acting or writing - what''s important isn''t fame or glamour, none of the things I used to dream about, it''s the ability to endure.

The Seagull is one of the great plays about writing. It superbly captures the struggle for new forms, the frustrations and fulfilments of putting words on a page. Chekhov, in his first major play, staged a vital argument about the theatre which still resonates today.

Christopher Hampton''s new version of this classic, directed by Ian Rickson in his last production as Artistic Director of the Royal Court Theatre, London, premiered in January 2007.

About the Author

Christopher Hampton was born in the Azores in 1946. As a child he travelled around Aden, Egypt and Zanzibar. He was educated at Lancing College and in 1966 he went to New College, Oxford to study German and French, graduating in 1969 with a First Class degree. He wrote his first play, When Did You Last See Your Mother?, at the age of eighteen. It was first performed by Oxford undergraduates and subsequently moved to the Royal Court in June 1966. Since then, Christopher Hampton has worked on numerous original plays, adaptations and translations in the theatre, television and cinema. Hampton's plays are published by Faber in its Contemporary Classics series.