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The Sneeze (1990)

Click to see a larger picture of The Sneeze Directed By
Colin Swift


Production Type
Nomads Production

Production Location
Main Theatre



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About the play

For Michael Frayn, who is both proficient in Russian and a notably sucessful playwright himself, translating Chekhov is a labour of love and homage fuelled by a complex understanding of Chekov, the writer, and of the characters he created. Following on from his hightly-acclaimed adaption of Chekhov's play without a title, as Wild Honey, Michael Frayne has taken the four comic vaudevilles The Bear, The Evils of Tobacco, Swan Song and The Proposal, and also four of the short stories - Drama, The Alien Corn, The Sneeze and The Inspector-General - to make a sparking evening of theatre.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Anton Chekov (1860-1904) first turned to writing as a medical student at Mosvow University, from which he graduated in 1884. Among his early plays were short monologues (The Evils of Tobacco, 1885),  one-act farces such as The Bear, The Proposal and The Wedding, (1888-1889) and the 'Platanov' material, adapted by Michael Frayn as Wild Ivonov (1887), The Wood Demon (1889) andThe Seagull (1896), were initially failures. But the Moscow Art Theatre's revival of The Seagull two years later was successful and was followed by his materpiece, Uncle Vanya (1889), Three Sisters (1901), and the Cherry Orchard in 1904, the year of his death.

ABOUT THE MUSIC
Amongst other pieces you will hear the following music this evening:

Polovtaian Dances from Prince Igor by Borodin
Introduction to Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky
Parts of Night on a Bare Mountain by Mussorgsky
Opening of 2nd Movement Piano Concerto No 1 by Tchaikovsky
Parts of the Tempest by Tchaikovsky



Production Dates & Prices:
(Please note Booking Information)

 Date
Time
Price
 
 Wednesday 6th June 1990
8:15pm
£3.00
 Thursday 7th June 1990
8:15pm
£3.00
 Friday 8th June 1990
8:15pm
£3.00
 Saturday 9th June 1990
8:15pm
£3.00


Cast: (in programme order)
Barry McCann ... "Drama" - Storyteller
Wally Ross Gower ... "Drama" - Pavel Vasilyevich
Michael Cutler ... "Drama" - Luka
Brenda Brooks ... "Drama" - Murashkina
Barry McCann ... "Drama" - Policeman
Vince Penford ... "Drama" - Policeman
Colin Swift ... "Drama" - Policeman
Brenda Brooks ... "The Alien Corn" - Storyteller
John Norris ... "The Alien Corn" - Kamyshev
Barry McCann ... "The Alien Corn" - Champugne
Vince Penford ... "The Alien Corn" - Misha
John Norris ... "The Sneeze" - Kamyshev
Wally Ross Gower ... "The Sneeze" - Brizzhalov
Brenda Brooks ... "The Sneeze" - Mme Brizzhalov
Deborah Nurse ... "The Sneeze" - Theatregoers
Lorna Benson ... "The Sneeze" - Theatregoer
Vince Penford ... "The Sneeze" - Attendant
Barry McCann ... "The Sneeze" - Chervyakov
Kate Schmidt ... "The Sneeze" - Mme Chervyakov
Deborah Nurse ... "The Bear" - Popova
Michael Cutler ... "The Bear" - Luka
Colin Swift ... "The Bear" - Smirnov
Barry McCann ... "The Bear" - Workman
John Norris ... "The Bear" - Workman
Vince Penford ... "The Bear" - Workman
Wally Ross Gower ... "The Bear" - Workman
Barry McCann ... "The Evils of Tabacco" - Nyukhin
Lorna Benson ... "The Inspector-General" - Storyteller
John Norris ... "The Inspector-General" - Traveller
Wally Ross Gower ... "The Inspector-General" - Driver
Deborah Nurse ... "Swan Song" - First Actress
Brenda Brooks ... "Swan Song" - Second Actress
Colin Swift ... "Swan Song" - Svetlovidov
Vince Penford ... "Swan Song" - Nikita
Wally Ross Gower ... "The Proposal" - Chubukov
Vince Penford ... "The Proposal" - Lomov
Lorna Benson ... "The Proposal" - Natalya Stepanovna
Brenda Brooks ... "The Proposal" - Servant
Michael Cutler ... "The Proposal" - Servant
Barry McCann ... "The Proposal" - Servant
John Norris ... "The Proposal" - Servant
Deborah Nurse ... "The Proposal" - Servant
Kate Schmidt ... "The Proposal" - Servant
Colin Swift ... "The Proposal" - Servant

Crew: (in programme order)
Colin Swift ... Director
Penny Armitage ... Set Design
Simon Crump ... Stage Manager
Clive Hallt ... Lighting Operator
Diana Hughes-Smith ... Sound Operator
Barry McCann ... Sound Operator
Sylvia McKinley ... Costume Design
Penny Armitage ... Set Construction
Angela Baker ... Set Construction
Simon Crump ... Set Construction
Rosemary Cutler ... Set Construction
Paul Gates ... Set Construction
Clare Giddy ... Set Construction
Clive Hallt ... Set Construction
Arnold Pindar ... Set Construction
Liz McLaughlin ... Prompt
Liz McLaughlin ... Box Office



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