Ivanov

Summary

1961 Granada Television production for ITV of Ivanov by Anton Chekhov.

Theatre play

Ivanov by Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) [more information]

Play synopsis

'Anna has renounced her [Jewish] faith and family to marry Ivanov. But his love for her has faded. Now she is ill - and he is on the verge of suicide. Only Sasha - beautiful daughter of Ivanov’s friend - offers him hope of a new beginning’ (TV Times, 28 July 1961, p. 25).

Production history

First staged in 1887. Re-written for performance in St Petersburg in 1889.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 1 August 1961

Time

9.35-11.05pm

Series

Play of the Week

Channel

ITV

Production company

Granada Television (1956-)

Credits

Director

Henry Kaplan

Playwright

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)

Adapted for Television by

John Glennon

Translator

Elisaveta Fen

Designer

Peter Phillips

Cast

Harvey Ashby	Third Guest
Josephine Brown	Avdotya Nazarovna
Pamela Brown	Anna Petrovna
Patience Collier	Babakina
Frederick Corke	Young Man
James Culliford	Lvov
Denholm Elliott	Ivanov
Elvi Hale	Sasha
Barry Jones	Shabyelsky
Madge Ryan	Zenaeda Saveshna
Maxwell Shaw	Borkin
David Sumner	Kosyh
Alan Webb	Lyebedev

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

19th-century setting; Russian drama

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 28 July 1961 (Magazine)

Linking notes

long article, pp. 12-13; listing, p. 25