A production by the Williamstown Theatre Festival of Anton Chekhov's classic comedy-drama depicting man's propensity for destroying those he is close to. The main protagonists are Trepleff, the youthful aspiring writer who dreams of bringing new forms to the theatre and Irina Arkadina, Trepleff's self-centered mother, an accomplished actress, who derides her son's ambitions.

Special features: Performer theatre and film credits ; previews for more Broadway Theatre Archive titles ; historical liner notes. Videodisc release of the production of Thirteen/WNET for Theater in America on PBS, originally broadcast 1975.