1989
Wild Honey by Anton Chekhov
Translated and Adapted by Michael Frayn
Directed by Peter King
BBC Radio 3 20/01/1989
Repeated BBC Radio 7 2010
Summary[]
An adaptation of Chekhov's 1878 untitled play usually named Platonov in English.
Disillusioned provincial schoolmaster Platonov's youthful ambitions are rekindled when Sofya arrives.
The Cast[]
- Platonov.............Ian McKellen
- Sasha................Anna Calder Marshall
- Anna Petrovna........Elizabeth Bell
- Sofya................Elizabeth Garvey
- Grekhova.............Joan Walker
- Dr Treletsky.........Paul Jessom
- The Colonel..........Garard Green
- Gladoyliev...........Norman Bird
- Petreen..............Norman Jones
- Sergei...............Peter Craze
- Marco................Peter Baddiley
- Orsip................Steve Hodson