Platonov

In 1997, David Hare adapted the little-known play, <i>Ivanov</i>, and revealed the young Anton Chekhov as a markedly different writer from the one English-speaking audiences recognize from the more familiar plays.<br><br>Now Hare has turned his attention to another, equally surprising key work of Chekhov's youth <b>- </b>an abandoned seven-hour teenage manuscript in which a Russian schoolmaster faces up to the implications of being irresistibly attractive to four different women. Once again, we are introduced to a great Russian playwright who is funnier, more exuberant and more wildly romantic than anyone expects.<br><br><i>Platonov</i>, in this adaptation, was premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in September 2001.