|The Seagull| | |||||||
Comedy in four acts | |||||||
Opening night: October 20, 2001 Running time: 3 h, with one intermission Ticket price range: 250—2000 rub. The staging of the most famous Chekhov's play. From Seagull Moscow Art Theatre begun it's existence. And in 1980 Oleg Efremov presented it in a style of Russian Thearte School with traditionally deep and exact perusal of the text. Renewed in 2001 performance didn't lose Efremov's depth, but found the second breath owing to actors. Young masters of a stage in their own way read through immortal images of Seagull, keeping the figure of roles given by director and the general atmosphere of the statement. Performance begun to breathe in today's rhythm owing to outstanding actor's works which deserve the most rapt attention of public. Staging and direction Oleg EfremovDirector Nikolai SkorikSet designer Valery LeventalLighting designer Efim Udler, Igor EfimovMusic design Vasily Nemirovich-DanchenkoAssistant director Olga RoslyakovaCharacters & Cast Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina Irina Miroshnichenko, Irina Apeksimova, Evgeniya Dobrovol'skayaTrepleva (husband's name), actress Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya Marina Salakova, Anastasia Skorikyoung lady, the dauther of a rich landowner Iliya Afanasievich Shamraev Vladimir Krasnovretired lieutenant, Sorin's steward Boris Alekseevich Trigorin Mikhail Khomyakov, Anatoly Beliyfiction writer Evgenii Sergeevich Dorn Boris Plotnikovdoctor Yakov Nikita Panfilov, Grigory Rizhikovlabourer Cook Victor KulukhinServant Tatiana Rozova |