Scene Thru the Director's Eyes / The Seagull / Director: Yury Butusov. Чайка / Юрий Бутусов

“Scene(s) Thru the Director’s Eyes” are commentary tracks from a particular scene provided by directors from our filmed performances. These educational extracts allow us the viewer unfettered access to insights of some of the world’s finest stage practitioners.

In this scene from Yury Butusov’s lauded production of Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull”, Butusov delves into the opening scene of Act 4, desiring, as he puts it “…to overstep the limits of a psychological explanation…” of what is transpiring and instead turning the simple image of making a bed, for example, into “…a symbolic act related to death rather than just sleep.” The use of symbolism, of splitting of characters, having them flow freely from one role to another, is a hallmark of this and many of Butusov’s works.

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