The Seagull
7th July 1994
Olivier Theatre, NT
Photographs generously provided by Richard Mildenhall and the National Theatre Archive.
Illustrations by Chris Riddell.
This National Theatre production opened at the Olivier Theatre on 7th July 1994 and ran in repertoire for the rest of the year.
The Seagull
| Written by | Anton Chekov |
| In a new version by | Pam Gems |
Creative Team
| Director | John Caird |
| Designer | John Gunter |
| Costumes | Fotini Dimou |
| Lighting | David Hersey |
| Music | Dominic Muldowney |
| Company Voice Work | Patsy Rodenburg |
| Staff Director | Fiona Laird |
| Production Manager | Annie Gosney |
| Stage Manager | Trish Montemuro |
| Deputy Stage Manager | Fiona Bardsley |
| Assistant Stage Managers | Valerie Fox / Andrew Speed |
| Sound | Paul Groothius |
| Assistant Voice Coach | Jeanette Nelson |
| Assistant to the Lighting Designer | Julian McCready |
| Assistant to the Production Manager | Scott Ramsey |
| Costume Supervisor | Fizz Jones |
| Assistant to the Costume Supervisor | Lucy Roberts |
| Literal Translation | Helen Molchanoff |
| Production research | Alex Wilbraham |
Cast
| Arkadina (Irina Nikolayevna Trepleva) | Judi Dench |
| Konstantin (Konstantin Gavrilovich Treplev) | Alan Cox |
| Sorin (Pyotr Nikolayevich) | Norman Rodway |
| Nina (Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya) | Helen McCrory |
| Shamrayev (Ilya Afanasyevich) | Robert Demeger |
| Polina (Polina Andreyevna) | Anna Calder-Marshall |
| Masha (Marya Ilyinicha) | Rachel Power |
| Trigorin (Boris Alekseyevich) | Bill Nighy |
| Dorn (Yevgeny Sergeyevich) | Edward Petherbridge |
| Medvedenko (Semyon Semyonovich) | John Hodgkinson |
| Yakov | Jimmy Gardner |
| A Cook | John Muirhead |
| A Maid | Penny Ryder |
| Servants on the Estate | Edward Clayton, Helen Franklin, David Holdaway, Michael Shevelew, Derek Smee, Rebecca Thorn, Christopher Wright |
Musicians
| Clarinet / Flute | Melanie Bush |
| Piano | David Harrod |
Production Credits
| Scenic frames by | Flint Scenery |
| Floor and mounds by | Velvetfield |
| Trees by | Simon Kenny at Souvenir |
| Cyclorama by | Garriets GB Ltd |
| Lake Groundrow by | WeldFab and Garriets GB Ltd |
| Collapsing Stage Armature by | Technical Fabrications Ltd |
| Thanks to | Viktor Borovsky / Alisdair Oliver |
| Basket Maker | John Galloway |
| Antiquarian Bookseller in Russian and East European Studies | Anthony C Hall |
| Additional Costumes by | Alan Selzer / William Baboo / Arden Coppage / Hilary Parkinson / Frances Ford / Caroline Richardson |
| Hats by | Sean Barrett |
| Shoes by | Anello & Davide and Freeds |
| Batteries by | EverReady |
Programme Acknowledgements
| Poster and Programme Cover Illustrated by | Mark Entwisle |
| Poster and Programme Cover Designed by | Michael Mayhew |
| Programme Designed by | Shima Hyde |
| Production Photographed by | Richard Mildenhall |
| Drawing/Sketches by | Chris Riddell |