The Seagull
- By:
- Anton Chekhov
- Composer:
- Steve Edis
- Management:
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Cast:
- Ian McKellen, William Gaunt, Frances Barber, Romola Garai, Richard Goulding, Monica Dolan, Ben Addis, Adam Booth, Russell Byrne, Julian Harries, John Heffernan, Peter Hinton, Jonathan Hyde, Seymour Matthews, Ben Meyjes, David Weston, Guy Williams, Philip Winchester, Zoe Boyle, Naomi Capron, Melanie Jessop, Russell Byrne, Monica Dolan, Gerald Kyd
- Director:
- Trevor Nunn
- Design:
- Christopher Oram
- Sound:
- Fergus O'Hare
- Lighting:
- Neil Austin
Production information can change over the run of the show.
Trevor Nunn's excellent production perfectly captures the single salient fact of Chekhov's play, that every person on stage feels sincere love for every other person but is so wrapped up in his or her own drama that small cruelties and large betrayals are ubiquitous. The play observes this with rue and warmth and a surprising amount of humour, ultimately forgiving everyone for sins more unconscious than malicious... November 28, 2007
A lost summer somewhere in Russia a group of artists gather to escape the city heat... June 11, 2007
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