National Theatre Live: The Seagull

The read

It runs long at 2h 30m.

Synopsis

On a summer's day in a makeshift theatre by a lake, Konstantin's cutting-edge new play is performed, changing the lives of everyone involved forever. Chekhov's masterly meditation on how the old takes revenge on the young is both comic and tragic, and marks the birth of the modern stage. Adapted by David Hare whose stage plays include Skylight, Pravada, and screenplays include The Hours and The Reader, directed by Jonathan Kent (Gypsy, Private Lives).

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Key crew

• Jonathan KentDirector

Cast

• Pip CarterMedvedenko
• Anna ChancellorIrina Nikolaevna Arkadina
• Mark DonaldWorkman
• Peter EganSorin
• Debra GillettPolina
• Joshua JamesKonstantin
• Adrian LukisEvgeny Dorn
• Des McAleerShamrayev
• Luke PierreYakov
• Geoffrey StreatfeildBoris Alexeyevich Trigorin
• Sarah TwomeyMaid

Themes