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Platonov (1971)
Directed by Christopher Morahan
Overview
The title character is a married provincial schoolmaster and a notorious philanderer. He is a russian Don Juan except that he himself doesn’t seek to seduce; the women around him simply find him irresistibly attractive, and he is only too happy to go along. The play predates the realism of Chekhov’s later works in its desjointedness, but many of its scenes show the seeds of brilliance that would eventually emerge.
Actors
Neil McCarthy | Siân Phillips | Peter Eyre | Clive Revill | Joanna Dunham | Rex Harrison | Kevin Stoney | Geoffrey Bayldon | Joe Gladwin | Patsy Byrne | Willoughby Goddard | Stacey Tendeter | Bridget Armstrong | Donald Eccles | Trevor Kent | John Gill