On a summerâs day in a makeshift theatre by a lake, Konstantinâs cutting-edge new play is performed, changing the lives of everyone involved forever. Chekhovâs masterly meditation on how the old take revenge on the young is both comic and tragic, and marks the birth of the modern stage. Adapted by David Hare whose stage plays include Skylight, Pravada and screenplays include The Hours and The Reader, directed by Jonathan Kent (Gypsy, Private Lives).