NT : What's On : Productions : Ivanov
Ivanov
by Anton Chekhov (1887)
in a new version by David Harrower (2002)
Ivanov, a driving force in local government and a visionary landowner, feels burnt out at thirty-five. Once the pioneer of scientific farming methods and of education for the peasants, he now drowns in bureaucracy and debt, his large estate neglected. While his wife is dying, Sasha, a young, educated woman, falls in love with Ivanov and determines to save him.
Set in a country suffering from political, ideological and spiritual stagnation, Chekhov's first full-length play anticipates the explosive revolutionary atmoshere of Russia at the turn of the century.
Katie Mitchell's previous work at the NT includes The Oresteia, Rutherford and Son and The Machine Wreckers.
Cast credits:
Anna Petrovna : Juliet Aubrey
: Robert Bowman
: Sarah Flind
: Gillian Hannah
: Stuart McQuarrie
Ivanov : Owen Teale
: Bridget Turner
: Indira Varma
: Philip Voss
: Peter Wight
Production credits:
Director: Katie Mitchell
Designer: Vicki Mortimer
Lighting Designer: Paule Constable
Movement Director: Struan Leslie
Music: Melissa Holding
Sound Designer: Gareth Fry
Ivanov finished on: 12 October 2002
