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The Seagull is a 1959 Australian television play based on the 1896 play by Anton Chekhov. Filmed in Sydney it stars Thelma Scott and was produced and adapted by Royston Morley.

Plot

In 1895 a vain and selfish actress, Irina, clashes with her son Konstantin who wants to be a writer. Her lover is Trigorin. Irinia lives at the estate of her brother Sorin.

Cast

• Thelma Scott as Irina Arkadina
• William Job as Konstantin
• Roderick Walker as Trigorin
• Delia Williams as Nina, Konstantin's love
• Gordon Glenwright as Sorin, Irinia's brother
• Walter Pym as Ilya, Sorin's steward
• Anne Bullen as Polina
• Rilla Stephens
• Henry Gilbert as Yevgeny Dorn, a doctor
• Frank Taylor as Semyon, a school master
• Rilla Stephens as Masha the steward's daughter

Production

The show was recorded live in Sydney. Roderick Walker was an English actor. It was the first TV appearance for him, William Job and Thelma Scott; Job and Scott recently returned home after time overseas. Job went on to appear in Hamlet for Royston Morley.

See also

• List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)

References

1. "All the TV Programmes". ABC Weekly. 22 April 1959. p. 21.
2. "Insight into Russian Mind". The Age. 21 May 1959. p. 14.
3. "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 21 May 1959. p. 35.
4. "Famous Drama On Channel 2". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 April 1959. p. 25.

External links

• The Seagull at IMDb

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