The Seagull review " woodchip-walled Chekhov is hypnotic
Harold Pinter theatre, LondonEmilia Clarke and Indira Varma star in Jamie Lloyd's stripped-back West End production which asks probing questions about performance Chekhov's drama about love and the creative endeavour opens with failure. Konstantin, an aspiring playwright, has put on his first drama for a small audience in this outpost of the Russian countryside. They all scratch their heads at its gnomic abstraction…