The Seagull

7th July 1994

Olivier Theatre, NT

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 byAnton 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 / FluteMelanie Bush
PianoDavid Harrod

Programme Acknowledgements

Poster and Programme Cover Illustrated byMark Entwisle
Poster and Programme Cover Designed byMichael Mayhew
Programme Designed byShima Hyde
Production Photographed by Richard Mildenhall
Drawing/Sketches byChris Riddell