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World Theatre: The Seagull

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The action takes place on Sorin's country estate in 1896.

Contributors

Writer:
Anton Chekhov
Translated by:
David Magarshac
Produced by:
Charles Lefeaux
Semyon Medvyedenko a school-master:
Anthony Jackson
Masha, Shamrayev's daughter:
Barbara Mitchell
Pyotr Sorin, Arkadina's brother:
Ronald Herdman
Konstantin, Arkadina's son:
Ian McKellen
Nina, a young girl:
Zena Walker
Yakov, a workman:
Bernard Brown
Polina, Shamrayev's wife:
Marjorie Westbury
Yevgeny Dorn, a doctor:
Jack May
Shamrayev, manager of Sorin's estate:
Victor Lucas
Madame Irina Arkadina, an actress:
Irene Worth
Boris Trigorin, a novelist:
Hugh Burden
Source: Radio Times

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