The Seagull and culture. Renowned translator and author of the book "The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation" Peter France wrote of Chekhov's multiple adaptations: The American playwright Tennessee Williams adapted the play as "The Notebook of Trigorin", which premiered in 1981. That year, Thomas Kilroy's adaptation, "The Seagull" also premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London. The Canadian playwright Daniel MacIvor wrote an adaptation called "His Greatness". Sidney Lumet's 1968 film "The Sea Gull" used Moura Budberg's translation. The play was also adapted as the Russian film "The Seagull" in 1970. The play was the basis for the 1974
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Nielsen and Liesel Allen Yaeger. In September/October 2013, a separate production ran in the Phoenix Theatre, Indianapolis, produced by Bryan Fonseca. In 2014, the show ran at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, and in Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona. The show was produced in Seattle at the ACT Theatre from October 17 – November 16, 2014. Playwright Durang starred as Vanya alongside Marilu Henner as Masha in a production at the Bucks County Playhouse from July 17 to August 10, 2014. Although "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" is a comedy, it has some darker elements that pervade its themes.