March 2007 – The Seagull

  • Playwright – Anton Chekhov
  • Location – Harrogate Studio Theatre
  • Director – Frank Moorby

Cast

  • Medvedenko – Adam Fozard
  • Konstantin – Gareth Sargeson
  • Nina – Kate Antram
  • Madame Arkadina – Judy Methven
  • Trigorin – Robert Goldsbrough
  • Masha – Katherine Morse
  • Shamrayev – Adrian Smith
  • Sorin – Paul Dunstan
  • Polena – Jenny Humphreys
  • Dorn – Gavin Smith

Chekhov’s masterpiece is about a very human tendency to reject love that is freely given, and to seek it where it is withheld. Many of the characters are caught in destructive triangular relationships which evoke both pathos and humour. What they can’t fend off though is the destructive force of time…