A Month in the Country
by Ivan Turgenev - adapted into English by Emlyn Williams
directed by Mark Turnbull
This play contains both comedy and pathos as it deals with the acute absurdity of romantic love. Natalya Petrovna is adored and loved by her husband Islaev whilst also providing a secret and unfulfilled romantic focus for his best friend and Natalya's confidante, Rakitin. This love triangle is further complicated by her falling in love with her son's younger tutor Belyaev, and she competes for his affections with her young attractive ward, Verochka.
This version by Emlyn Williams was presented with Michael Redgrave and Valerie Taylor at the St James Theatre in 1943, and directed by Williams himself. It is a fine example of his sublime dialogue which brings an immediacy and period style to this wonderful play and reminds us of the gifts of a consummate man of the British theatre.
Saturday 23rd to Saturday 30th October 2010
Evenings at 7.45p.m., except for Sunday at 4p.m.
There is also a matinee on 30th October at 3p.m.
&bull: There is no performance on the Wednesday.
Telephone bookings open on 2nd October: Call the Box Office on 020 8744 0547
“A rarer spirit never did steer humanity”Antony & Cleopatra, Act v, Sc.1