''The Notebook of Trigorin'' is a play by American playwright

Tennessee Williams Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the thr ...

, adapted from Anton Chekhov's drama ''

The Seagull ''The Seagull'' ( rus, Ча́йка, r=Cháyka, links=no) is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 and first produced in 1896. ''The Seagull'' is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramatises th ...

'' (1895). Williams based his adaptation primarily on

Ann Dunnigan Ann Dunnigan Kennard (17 July 1910 – 5 September 1997) was an American actress and teacher who later became a translator of 19th-century Russian literature. Early stage performances Born in Los Angeles County, Dunnigan spent most of her early ...

's 1960 translation. The play was first produced in 1981 by the Vancouver Playhouse in

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. In 1980, Williams' play '' The Red Devil Battery Sign'' had been given a new production at the Playhouse by artistic director

Roger Hodgman Roger Hodgman (born 1 December 1943) is an Australian stage and television director. He was educated at the Hutchins School and the University of Tasmania, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Political Science in 1966, a ...

while Williams was Writer in Residence at the

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. Invited to return with a new play, Williams confessed his desire to adapt Chekov's ''The Seagull''. The October 1981 production was confirmed before a single page of the adaptation was written. A 1996 production of the play by the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park directed by Stephen Hollis and starring

Lynn Redgrave Lynn Rachel Redgrave (8 March 1943 – 2 May 2010) was an English actress. She won two Golden Globe Awards throughout her career. A member of the Redgrave family of actors, Lynn trained in London before making her theatrical debut in 1962. B ...

as Madame Arkadina was the American premiere. The play received its London premiere at the

Finborough Theatre The Finborough Theatre is a fifty-seat theatre in the West Brompton area of London (part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) under artistic director Neil McPherson. The theatre presents new British writing, as well as UK and world pr ...

in 2010. The production was directed by

Phil Willmott Phil Willmott (born 26 January 1968) is a British director, playwright, arts journalist, teacher, and founder of London based theatre production company The Steam Industry. He was the Artistic Director of the Finborough Theatre in London's Ear ...

and starred

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as Trigorin. The play received its New York premiere with the Attic Theatre Company in 2013 at

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. The production was directed by Laura Braza and starred Michael Schantz as Trigorin, with scenic design by Julia Noulin-Mérat.

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* http://offoffbroadway.broadwayworld.com/article/Attic-Theater-to-Present-NY-Premiere-of-Tennessee-Williams-THE-NOTEBOOK-OF-TRIGORIN-at-The-Flea-53-18-20130410 {{DEFAULTSORT:Notebook Of Trigorin, The 1981 plays Plays by Tennessee Williams Plays based on works by Anton Chekhov Plays based on other plays