Characters in this play often quote Hamlet, like an actress who shows off by reading Gertrude's part, and who reminisces about performing another character's experimental symbolist play before her (*) failed career.
A writer in this play learns that admirers think him "as great a mystery as the Man in the Iron Mask" while reading a magazine aloud, making another jealous because no accolades of him were mentioned. A woman in this play gets over unrequited love by marrying a teacher who whines about his inadequate pay. Characters in this play often quote Hamlet, like an actress who shows off by reading Gertrude's part, and who reminisces about performing another character's experimental symbolist play before her (*) failed career. This play became popular in 1898 after the Moscow Art Theater produced it under Konstantin Stanislavsky. Masha and Medvedenko marry in this play, whose love triangle centers on Nina and the writer Trigorin. For 10 points, Treplev [TREP-lyoff] shoots the title bird at the end of what Anton Chekhov play?
A writer in this play learns that admirers think him "as great a mystery as the Man in the Iron Mask" while reading a magazine aloud, making another jealous because no accolades of him were mentioned.
The Seagull [or Chayka