Ivanov

Play :: show/work:S3764, production/tour:T01896785640

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7 Sep 02 to 12 Oct 02

Ivanov Play :: listing:L1373203155, production:T01896785640, show:S3764, venue: V375

Cottesloe (National Theatre) West End Greater London

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First staged at Korsh's Russian Dramatic Theatre, Moscow, in 1887. Set in a country suffering from political, ideological and spiritual stagnation, Chekhov s first full-length play anticipates the explosive revolutionary atmosphere of Russia at the turn of the century. Ivanov, a driving force in local government and a visionary landowner, feels burnt out at thirty-five. Once the pioneer of scientific farming methods and of education for the peasants, he now drowns in bureaucracy and debt, his large estate neglected. While his wife is dying, Sasha, a young, educated woman, falls in love with Ivanov and determines to save him.
Performers Owen Teale (Ivanov), Juliet Aubrey, Robert Bowman, Sarah Flind, Gillian Hanna, Stuart McQuarrie, Indira Varma, Philip Voss, Peter Wight, Christopher Hunter, Sean Jackson, Sarah Northgraves, Tom Peters, Janet Whiteside, Indira Varma. Author Chekhov. Producer Royal Nation Theatre. Director Katie Mitchell. Adapted by David Harrower. Design Vicki Mortimer. Lighting Paule Constable. Choreographer Struan Leslie. Director Melissa Holding (music). Sound Gareth Fry.