Films
European film adaptations of A Month in the Country include:
- Secrets, a 1943 French adaptation directed by Pierre Blanchar
- Two Women (Две женщины), a 2014 Russian film directed by Vera Glagoleva featuring Sylvie Testud and Ralph Fiennes
A Month in the Country has been adapted into English several times as made-for-television films. These include productions in:
- 1955, with Margaret Leighton (Natalya), Laurence Harvey (Belyaev), and Michael Gough (Rakitin)[12][13][14]
- 1959, with Uta Hagen (Natalya), Richard Easton (Belyaev), and Alexander Scourby (Rakitin)[15]
- 1966, with Vivien Merchant (Natalya), Hywel Bennett (Belyaev), and Derek Godfrey (Rakitin)[16][17]
- 1967, with Susannah York (Natalya), Ian McShane (Belyaev), and Michael Wells (Rakitin)[18]
- 1985, with Eleanor Bron (Natalya), Shaun Scott (Belyaev), and Ian Charleson (Rakitin)[19]
Ballet
Turgenev's play was freely adapted by choreographer Frederick Ashton as a one-act ballet of the same name for the Royal Ballet company in 1976. John Lanchbery arranged the score based on music by Frédéric Chopin; the stage design was by Julia Trevelyan Oman. Natalia was first danced by Lynn Seymour, for whom the role was created, and Anthony Dowell danced the role of Belyaev. For research purposes, Frederick Ashton took Lynn Seymour and the rest of the ballet cast to see the London production of the play, with Dorothy Tutin in the lead.[20]
The premiere ballet performance was presented at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on 12 February 1976, and the production was filmed that year by director Colin Nears for the BBC. Lynn Seymour also danced the role in New York.
Opera
Lee Hoiby composed a two-act opera based on the play. Originally titled Natalia Petrovna, it was premiered in 1964 at New York City Opera.[21][22] It was revised as A Month in the Country; this form was premiered in Boston in 1981, and has since been recorded.[22][23]
