Ivanov

"Ivanov, a driving force in local government and a visionary landowner, feels burnt out at thirty-five.

Once the pioneer of scientific farming methods and of education for the peasants, he now drowns in bureaucracy and debt, his large estate neglected.

While his wife is dying, Sasha, a young, educated woman, falls in love with Ivanov and determines to save him.

Set in a country suffering from political, ideological and spiritual stagnation, Chekhov's first full-length play anticipates the explosive revolutionary atmosphere of Russia at the turn of the century.

Ivanov was performed at the National Theatre (Cottesloe) in September 2002."