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Summerfolk
by
Maxim Gorky
Performed
at
The National Theatre, London
Opened at the Olivier Theatre
on 3rd September 1999
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Pictures from
Summerfolk
(please click
on each picture for a larger version)
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Roger
Allam as Sergei Bassov with
the cast of Summerfolk |
Simon
Russell Beale as Kirill Dudakov
and Roger Allam as Sergei Bassov |
Roger
Allam as Sergei Bassov and
Henry Goodman as Yakov Shalimov |
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Patricia
Hodge as
Maria Lvovna |
Roger
Allam, Liam McKenna, Jasper Britton,
Gabrielle Jourdan, Patricia Hodge and
Raymond Coulthard |
Juliet
Aubrey as
Varvara Bassova |
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| CAST: |
| Sergei
Bassov, a lawyer |
Roger
Allam |
| Varvara
Bassova (Yarya), his wife |
Juliet
Aubrey/Jennifer
Ehle |
| Sasha,
the Bassov's servant |
Elizabeth
Renihan |
| Pyotr
Suslov, an engineer |
Oliver
Cotton |
| Vlass,
Varvara's brother |
Raymond
Coulthard |
| Nikolai
Zamislov, Bassov's assistant |
Jim
Creighton |
| Kaleria,
Bassov's sister |
Derbhle
Crotty |
| Olga
Dudakova, Dudakov's wife |
Beverley
Klein |
| Maria
Lvovna, a doctor |
Patricia
Hodge |
| Yulia
Suslova, Suslov's wife |
Cathryn
Bradshaw/Victoria Hamilton |
| Pavel
Ryumin, a local official |
Jasper
Britton |
| Sonya,
Maria's daughter |
Gabrielle
Jourdan |
| Maxim
Zimin, a student |
Jack
James |
| Kirill
Dudakov, a doctor |
Simon
Russell Beale |
| Yakov
Shalimov, a writer |
Philip
Whitchurch/Henry Goodman |
| Kropilkin,
a watchman |
Liam
McKenna |
| Pustobaika,
a watchman of the villas |
David
Weston |
| Semyon
Dvoetochie, Suslov's uncle |
Michael
Bryant |
| A
Beggar |
Aislinn
Sands |
| Young
Actress |
Caroline
Nicholls/Alex Kelly |
| Complaining
Actor |
Robert
Burt |
| Woman
from the kitchen |
Myra
Sands |
| Leading
Man |
Martin
Chamberlain |
| Semyonov |
Richard
Henders |
| Mother
in the Play |
Leigh
McDonald |
| Servant
in the Play |
Ceri
Ann Gregory |
| The
Dudakov Children |
Alessia
Battista/Rosie Day
Emily Cooper/Sophie Ann Day
Henri McCarthy
Sean Mullin |
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| TECHNICAL
TEAM: |
| Director |
Trevor
Nunn with Fiona Buffini |
| Designer |
Christopher
Oram |
| Lighting
Director |
Peter
Mumford |
| Music |
Steven
Edis |
| Sound
Designer |
Paul
Groothuis |
| Company
Voice Work |
Patsy
Rodenburg |
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| What's
This Play About? |
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| In
the early years of the century, Russians
of every social class were beginning to
sense the onset of a great upheaval.
Gorky's mighty
naturalistic masterpiece shows us
a diverse group of Russians meeting,
as they do every year, at their summer
holiday retreat.
Some are frightened
at the prospect of change, some are
angry and some yearn for a new life.
As they question the value of their
work, their art and leisure, they're
shocked by the responses their disputes
reveal. Relationships break under
the strain and scandals of business
and infidelity are laid bare. |
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