A Month in the Country
AUTHOR
Brian Friel

A version of Ivan Turgenev's original play.
Setting
The action takes place on the Islayev Estate over a period of five days.
Synopsis
Natalya Petrovna is a young married woman who is bored by her life and her marriage to a rich, absent-minded husband. Increasingly frustrated by the loss of her youth, she has become obsessed with her small son's tutor, a young man from Moscow. He in turn appears to be engaged in a flirtation with Natalya's ward, Vera, whom she has always regarded as a daughter but now sees as a rival.
PLAY TYPE
Adaptation/Translation
Number of Acts
Full-Length
Cast Size Male
7
Cast Size Female
5
Date of First Production
4 August 1992
Production
Produced by Gate Theatre
ORIGINAL VENUE
Gate Theatre/Amharclann an Gheata
Original Cast
Vera AleksandrovnaKaren Ardiff
KatyaAntoine Byrne
Natalya PetrovnaCatherine Byrne
Afanasy Ivanovich BolshintsovJohn Cowley
Michel Aleksandrovich RakitinLorcan Cranitch
Lizaveta BogdanovnaSusan Fitzgerald
Herr SchaafJohn Kavanagh (1)
Aleksey Nikolayevich BelyayevJ.D. Kelleher
Arkady Sergeyevich IslayevMark Lambert
Ignaty Ilyich ShpigelskyDonal McCann
Anna Semyonovna IslayevaJoan O'Hara
MatveyMal Whyte
Production Team
DirectorJoe Dowling
Set DesignerEileen Diss
Lighting DesignerMick Hughes
Costume DesignerDany Everett
Sound Edward Walsh
Design AssistantJustin Brown
Production ManagerKen Hartnett
Stage DirectorLita O'Connell
Assistant Stage ManagerArnold Fanning
Assistant Stage ManagerLiz Nugent
Set ConstructionTrade Style Ltd.
Wardrobe SupervisorJoy Gleeson
Costume ConstructionSynan O'Mahony
Costume ConstructionJanet O'Leary
Chief ElectricianJames McConnell
Photography Tom Lawlor (1)
Wigs byFrances Kelly
Company DirectorMichael Colgan
Company Deputy DirectorMarie Rooney
Company Deputy DirectorAnne Clarke
Scripts & Rights Information
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Source of Information
The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme and promotional flyer.
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