The Seagull Directed by Yury Butusov

Anton Chekhov’s first of four major plays dramatizes the romantic and artistic conflicts between its four main characters: Boris Trigorin, a well-known writer, the ingenue Nina, the fading actress Irina Arkadina, and her son the would-be playwright Konstantin Tréplev. Yury Butusov's Golden Mask Award-winning production abounds in an incredible freedom and openness, delving deep into the throes of artistic creation and the anguish of the artist who struggles to find a language of his own. This is not only a performance about the theatre, it is an anthology of the theatre. Chekhov’s characters are in the process of creating their lives or watching them fall apart, which, according to Butusov, may be a closely related activity.

Country Russia
Production Country Russia
Language Russian
Spoken Language Russian
Gneres Comedy , Drama
215 mins
Cast
Polina Raykina Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina
Denis Sukhanov Boris Alekseevich Trigorin
Timofey Tribuntcev Konstantin Gavrilovich Treplev
Vladimir Bolshov Petr Nikolaevich Sorin
Agrippina Steklova Nina Zarechnaya
Anton Kuznetcov Ilya Afanasyevich Shamraev
Lika Nifontova Polina Andreevna
Artyom Osipov Evgeniy Sergeevich Dorn
Anton Kuznecov Semen Semenovich Medvedenko
Marina Drovosekova Dancing girl
Yuriy Butusov Treplev’s monologue in Act 4
Crew
Director
Original Writer