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FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE: Anton Chekhov via Tennessee Williams; THE NOTEBOOK OF TRIGORIN

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From: Santa Fe Reporter
Date: 20020306
Author:Anonymous

The setting may be Russia in 1912 but the style belongs to Tennessee Williams. Williams spent most of his lifetime perfecting The Notebook of Trigorin, a "free adaptation" of Anton Chekhov's The Sea Gull, which was posthumously published. Centered around Arkadina, a leading actress in Russia, her son, Constantine and the writer Trigorin, this play dissects the various facets and products of love.

Sam Johnson plays Constantine, a young writer who has created a new form of theater performed in the woods for his family and friends. At the center of Constantine's stage and desires is Nina, ...

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