Recording of the acclaimed 2020 production of Chekhov's play at London's Harold Pinter Theatre. It was filmed for streaming under lockdown conditions after being cancelled due to Covid-19. Toby Jones plays the title role of the manager of a remote rural estate where the simple, ordered existence is disrupted by the arrival of an aged academic and his younger wife. As he becomes desperately infatuated with her, she, in turn, is drawn to a local doctor consumed by his demons — with Richard Armitage and Roger Allam.