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Poster by Poster Designer

by Anton Chekhov

Directed by Christopher Prior

Performances: Sun 5th – Sat 11th July 1970, Theatre

Introduction

Text about the play

Cast

• Irina Arkadina (Mme.Treplev), an Actress - Ruth Shettle
• Konstantin Treplev, her son - Paul Beech
• Peter Sorin, her brother - Leslie Lidyard
• Nina Zarechnaya, a neighbour - Averil Cookman
• Ilya Shamrayev - Sorin's manager - Bernard Bullbrook
• Polina, his wife - Eileen Pasco
• Masha, his daughter - Anna Greenburg
• Boris Trigorin, a writer - Victor Shaw
• Eugine Dorn, a doctor - John Anderson
• Simon Medvedenko, a schoolmaster - Tom Swann
• Jacob, a servant - Clarence Llewellyn-Smith
• Maid - Janice Grady
• Cook - Margaret Benjamin

Crew

• Stage Manager - Bernadette Moran
• Assistant Stage Managers - Lesley Morris, Christine Wilson, Amaryllis Adams, Shashi Deo
• Lighting - Colin Stokes
• Sound - Sheila Rees
• Set Design - James Morgan
• Set Construction - John Cooke
• Costumes - Clive McGill
• Assistant to the director - Valerie Westby
• Box-office Manager - Ralph Wade

Reviews

This production was also performed at the Waterford Theatre Club Eire for five nights in August 1970.

The cast and crew were the same except for the Assistant Stage Managers who are listed in the programme as Christine Wilson, Dilys Turner, Marion Harrington, Tony Talbot, Jean Pacy, Shashi Deo, Ralph Wade, Valerie Westbey and Stan Westbey.

Gallery

• Photos by Bim Harding
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  Leslie Lidyard & Paul Beech

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Reminiscences and Anecdotes

Members are encouraged to write about their experiences of working on or seeing this production. Please leave your name. Anonymous entries may be deleted.

See Also

The Seagull (2010)

References

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External Links

• This play on the web