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`THE SEAGULL' SOARS IN STOPPARD'S ADAPTATION OF THE CHEKHOV DRAMA.(Entertainment)(Review)

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From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
Date: 19981128
Author:Martin, Mary R.

Anton Chekhov and Tom Stoppard make fine collaborators, even though Chekhov has been dead 94 years. And Stepping Stone Productions is a good collaborator for both playwrights.

The company's Northwest premiere of Stoppard's adaptation of Chekhov's ``The Seagull'' is memorable. It features a solid cast and a story well told with simple, intimate staging.

``The Seagull'' is about misplaced passions. A tortured young writer, Konstantin, falls in love with a neighbor, Nina, who aspires to be a great actress. Nina, however, falls in love with the established writer Trigorin. ...

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