Written by Anton Chekov
        
			Directed by Anthony Richardson
	Ian McKellen in the role of Konstantin
        
			Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
        
			29 January 1962 - 4 February 1962
        
CAST            
            
		Simon Medvenko | . . . . . . . . . . . . | 
		John Scarborough | 
Masha | 
			. . . . . . . . . . . . | Kristine 
			Howarth | 
Peter 
			Sorin | . . . . . . . . . . . . | 
			Peter French | 
			Konstantin Treplev | . . . . . . . . 
			. . . . | Ian McKellen | 
			Yakov | . . . . . . . . . . . . | 
			Patrick Chapman | 
			The Maid | . . . . . . . . . . . . | 
			Jennie Lynne | 
Nina 
			Zarechnaya | . . . . . . . . . . . . | 
			Bridget Turner | 
			Polena Andreyevna | . . . . . . . . 
			. . . . | Gillian Martell | 
			Doctor Dorn | . . . . . . . . . . . 
			. | Derek Newark | 
			Elya Shamrayev | . . . . . . . . . . 
			. . | Denzil Ellis | 
			Irena Arkadina | . . . . . . . . . . 
			. . | Sheila Keith | 
			Boris Trigorin | . . . . . . . . . . 
			. . | Bernard Kilby |