Review: The Seagull
In the austere surroundings of the Southwark Playhouse, this version of The Seagull dispenses with hysterics and melodrama. What we are given instead is a crystallised and understated production, dripping with acting talent and subtle nuance. In Anya Reiss’s new version of Chekhov’s play (from a literal tranlastion by Ilona Kohanchuk), much of the hysteria [...]