Nuffield, Southampton: There's a pleasing, playful quality to Blanche McIntyre's reworking for Headlong of what is perhaps Chekhov's best play. John Donnelly's expletive-laced new version of the text sharpens the edges of the play while also drawing out its inherent humour, exploring the human need to create and the pain of thwarted desire, while also presenting us with a scene of Trigorin despera…
SOURCE: The Stage at 06:41AM on April 17, 2013