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The Seagull

Summary
1978 BBC production of The Seagull by Anton Chekhov.
Theatre play
The Seagull [Chayka] by Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) [more information]
Date of transmission
Sunday 5 February 1978
Time
8.05-10.10pm
Series
Play of the Month
Channel
BBC1
Production company
BBC

Credits

Director
Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Producer
David Jones
Film Cameraman
Nigel Walters
Lighting
Peter Winn (in the studio)
Playwright
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)
Translator
Ronald Hingley
Designer
Spencer Chapman
Script Editor
Stuart Griffiths
Cast
Anthony BateDr Dorn
Zoe CaldwellMme Arkadina
Pauline DelaneyPolina
Myrtle DevenishCook
Michael GambonTrigorin
Georgina HaleMasha
William HamiltonYakov
John KaneMedvedenko
Stephen ReaConstantin
Julia SchofieldNina
Pippa SparkesMaid
Allan SurteesShamrayef
Alan WebbSorin

Additional details

Play tags
19th-century setting; comedy; poetry and literature, as theme; Russian drama

Audiovisual sources

Title
The Seagull (BBC, 1978)
Archive
BBC Information and Archives [more information]
Address

White City
London
UK

Telephone

+44 (0)20 8008 2288

Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/

Access

BBC Information and Archives is not open to the public.

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 2 February 1978 (Magazine)
Linking notes
brief mention, with image, p. 3; listing, p. 28

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