National, LondonYou can see what Katie Mitchell as director and Martin Crimp as translator are trying to do in this new version of The Seagull: strip away the varnish and escape the linen-suited lassitude that used to bedevil English Chekhov. But, with mise en scène being substituted for meaning, the sound you hear all evening is of baby being ejected with bathwater.For a start where are we? Chekhov's play tak…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:34AM on January 14, 2016