'Flight'
by Mikhail Bulgakov
Translated by Michael Glenny
Directed by David Graham-Young
Designed by Wendy Tomlinson
Lighting design by Alistair Livingstone
with
Serafima Korzukhin, Nikolayevna, Maria Konstantinovna: Nicola
King
Sergie Golubkov: Richard Lawry
Athanasius, Antoine Grishchenko, Amorous Greek: Jeremy
Clyne
Paramon Korzukhin, Paisios: Steve Hodson
Aged Abbot, Commander-in-Chief of White
Russian Army: Wolfe Morris
Krapilin, Bayev, Golovan, Skunsky: Isaac Maxwell Hunt
Grigory Charnota: Max Gold
Lyuska, Beautiful Prostitute: Susan Franklyn
De Brisard, Station Master, Gurin: Philip Rhodes
Roman Khludov: Peter Tate
Olga: Ami Bone, Katie Tomlinson
Tikhii, Yanko Yankovich: Gregg Harris
at The Lyric
Hammersmith Studio
October 12th to November 6th 1993
"Bulgakov’s masterpiece on the émigré
experience. Don’t miss it.”
Irving Wardle, Independent on Sunday
“Impressive revival of Bulgakov’s Classic. Very strong
performances”
The Times
“Fascinating
portrayal of a society in flux and a group of people hurtling blindly
from the past towards the future, blithely unaware that their old way
of life has gone for ever. Stirling performances.”
The Guardian
“Flight is a play that should be seen. It belongs naturally
in the theatre; I am amazed we have not seen it more often. It is one
of the most stirring and multi-faceted visions of how a country, and individual
people were torn apart. Flight makes the human condition poignant, complex,
rich.”
Alastair Macaulay Financial Times
“Superb
performance by Peter Tate in David Graham-Young’s intelligent production”
The
Independent
“Impressive revival of Bulgakov’s Classic. Very strong
performances”
The Times
“CSC’s harrowing production of Mikhail Bulgakov’s Flight
makes for a chilling evening Intelligently directed by David Graham-young,
the accomplished cast does him proud”
What’s
On
“Gripping production. David Graham-Young stages it as a
flowing narrative with tight ensemble playing in an imaginative setting.
Recommended.”
Richmond
and Twickenham Times
“It is a masterpiece. There is nothing better in the entire
drama of the twenties. All honour to the small Lyric studio for bringing
it to us.”
The Scotsman
“David Graham-Young’s latest Bulgakov needs to be
seen.”
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