THE PROPOSAL
Programme & Press Cutting
Directed by: Derek Timmins
Production Date: Spring 1955
Playwright: Anton Chekhov
Genre: Comedy Drama
Group: BHTC
Staged: St Andrews Parish Room
Burgess Hill

Synopsis:
Ivan Vassilievich Lomov, a long-time neighbour of Stepan Stepanovich Chubukov, has come to propose marriage to Chubukov's 25-year-old daughter, Natalya.
But things don't quite go as planned especially as Lomov is a hypochondriac and while trying to make clear his reasons for being there, he gets into arguments with Natalya about a disputed piece of land and ends up having "palpitations" and a numb leg.
Things go from bad to worse!
BHTC NOTES: Performed as an evening of three short plays. Its not clear from the information available how many performances were involved.
Ivan Vassilevich Lomov
Steph Stepanovitch Chubukov
Natalya Stepanova
Ian Clayton
Derek Timmins
Joy Sinden
Cast
PLAYWRIGHT:
The play's full title in Russian is
The Marriage Proposal'.
THE PROPOSAL
BHTC Production Number: 4