The Seagull and culture. Renowned translator and author of the book "The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation" Peter France wrote of Chekhov's multiple adaptations: The American playwright Tennessee Williams adapted the play as "The Notebook of Trigorin", which premiered in 1981. That year, Thomas Kilroy's adaptation, "The Seagull" also premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London. The Canadian playwright Daniel MacIvor wrote an adaptation called "His Greatness". Sidney Lumet's 1968 film "The Sea Gull" used Moura Budberg's translation. The play was also adapted as the Russian film "The Seagull" in 1970. The play was the basis for the 1974
The Cherry Orchard In the darkness, Firs wanders into the room and discovers that they have left without him and boarded him inside the abandoned house to die. He lies down on the couch and resigns himself to this fate (apparently dying on the spot). Offstage we hear the axes as they cut down the cherry orchard. One of the main themes of the play is the effect social change has on people. The emancipation of the serfs on 19 February 1861 by Alexander II allowed former serfs to gain wealth and status while some aristocrats were becoming impoverished, unable to tend their