Anton Chekhov

Devised by Michael Pennington

from the writings of Anton Chekhov

 

 

 

 

Production Information

 

Before opening at The Cottesloe Theatre on the 5th July 1984, this production visited 15 small-scale theatres, schools and colleges all over the country. Since then it has been toured both nationally and internationally. 

 

Cast

 

Michael Pennington

 

Designer        Alison Chitty          

 

Other Chekhov links:

 

TV

A Wife Like the Moon

Omnibus – Pennington’s Chekhov

 

 

Radio

Chekhov in Siberia

The Black Monk

 

 

Books

Are You There Crocodile  

Rossya

A Pocket Guide to Ibsen, Chekhov and Strindberg

Chekhov’s Three Sisters. A Study Guide by Michael Pennington

 

 

Theatre

Andrei in Three Sisters, Cambridge, 1971

Vershinin in Three Sisters, Gate Dublin, 1990

Trigorin in The Seagull, The Old Vic, 1997

Dorn in The Seagull, Edinburgh Festival, 2003

 

 

Click here for and interview with Michael about his one-man show. (I was originally going to put a link to the English Touring Theatre’s web site, which is where this interview was originally printed, but, on checking the link, this article appears to have been removed, so I shall put it in full on this site.)

                                               

Click here for an article written by Michael originally for The Independent newspaper and reprinted in the Old Vic programme

 

Other associated articles:

 

The train to Chekhov, The Guardian 22nd June 1984

Lucky Stryk, Radio Times 20th-26th October 1984

Adventures with Anton, The Guardian 15th January 2003

 

Reviews

 

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