|
Loading
|
|
The
Seagull
by Anton Chekhov
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Seagull
by Chekhov
Swan Theatre, 30 January 2000
"One must show life not as it is, nor as it should be, but as it appears in our dreams"
Written in 1896, Chekhov's play of life and art astonished the old century as it heralded the birth of modern drama in the new. As then, so now: The Seagull bursts into the twenty-first century with the burdens of the past bearing witness to the freedoms of the future.
In a new translation by Peter Gill commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
The action takes place on Sorin's estate.
Two years elapse between Act 3 and Act 4.
| Medvedenko | Mark Hadfield |  |
|
| Dorn | Richard Johnson |
Richard Johnson is a founder member and Associate Artist of the RSC whose numerous film and television roles include Turtle Diary, The Camomile Lawn, Breaking the Code and Linda LaPlante's Supply and Damand. On stage he originated the role of Grandier in The Devils and appeared on Broadway in The Complaisant Lover by Graham Green. |
 |
| Konstantin | John Light |  |
|
| Sorin | Richard Pasco |
Richard Pascoe has worked extensively for the RSC and Royal National Theatre for whom he starred in An Inspector Calls, Racing Demon and Sweet Bird of Youth. His many film roles include Mrs. Brown, Rasputin and Room at the Top. He has also recorded Shakespeare's complete sonnets with Sir John Gielgud. Richard Pascoe is an Honorary Associate of the RSC. |
 |
| Shamrayev | Barry Stanton |  |
|
| Nina | Justine Waddell |
has just appeared in the major new BBC drama, Wives and Daughters. |
 |
| Arkadina | Penelope Wilton |
also starred in Adrian Noble's The Cherry Orchard |
 |
| Director | Adrian Noble | ||
| Designer | Vicki Mortimer | ||
| Lighting Designer | Paule Constable | ||
| Sound | Mic Poole | ||
| Music | Mia Soteriou | ||
| Assistant Director | William Glynne | ||
| Company voice work | Andrew Wade/Charmian Hoare | ||
| Production manager | Jasper Gilbert/Roy Hansen | ||
| Stage Manager | Suzi Blakey | ||
| Deputy Stage Manager | Lynda Snowden | ||
| Assistant Stage Manager | Chris Lake |