The Seagull (1959 film) explained

Based On:	play The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
Director:	Royston Morley
Starring:	Thelma Scott
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Runtime:	75 minutes
Company:	ABC
Network:	ABC
Released:	(Sydney, live)^[1]
Released2:	(Melbourne, taped)^[2]

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.^[3] It was the first TV appearance for him, William Job and Thelma Scott; Job and Scott recently returned home after time overseas.^[4] Job went on to appear in Hamlet for Royston Morley.

See also

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

Notes and References

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