Theatre is not supposed to work this way. Yet this is one of the most compelling pieces of theatre you will ever see.
Is violence genetically transmitted? "You see mine is also a history of disaster. My people a humiliated people." Man Abigail Weinstock as HER and Tom Mothersdale as HIM (Photo: Helen…
Commotion greets the arrival of the carriages carrying Madame Ranyevskaya (Francesca Annis) and her family. There are leather suitcases, trunks and hat boxes. The aged Russian servant Firs (Ian McKellen, playing a man five years older than his actual age) is seen with hairy dundrearies and a bald head but in formal wear.