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The Two First Nights of The Seagull

on BBC Radio 3

recalled by L. w. BAILEY
After the first, disastrous first night, Chekhov said, ' Never again will I write plays or have them staged.' His future was decided on the second first night.
Cast in order of speaking: newsboy and theatre audiences by EDWARD CLAYTON , PHILIP GARSTON-JONES , TOM KNOWLES and HESTER ROSSER
Producer R. D. SMITH
(A production of The Seagull can be heard next Monday on Radio 4 - not Scottish)

Contributors

Recalled By:
L. W. Bailey
Unknown:
Edward Clayton
Unknown:
Philip Garston-Jones
Unknown:
Tom Knowles
Unknown:
Hester Rosser
Producer:
R. D. Smith
Narrator:
Nicolette Bernard
Narrator:
Anthony Jacobs
Chekhov:
David Markham
Stanislavsky:
Clifford Norgate
Michael Chekhov:
Gerald Cross
Suvorin, publisher:
Godfrey Kenton
Levitan, artist,:
Nigel Anthony
Lika Mizinova:
Carolin Lancaster
Lydia Avilova:
Diana Robson
Potapenko writer:
John Dearth
Olga Knipper:
Julia Lang
Actor:
Peter Pacey
Maria Chekhov:
Linda Polan
Characters in:
The Plays:
Dorn:
Stanley Illsley
Masha:
Julia Lang
Konstantin:
Michael Deacon
Trigorin:
William Fox
Nina:
Oeborah Anthony
Medvedenko:
Peter Pacey
Arkadina:
Joyce Latham
Literary:
Friends, Reviewer,

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