Mike Poulton is an English translator and adapter of classic plays for contemporary audiences. Poulton began his career in 1995 with Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" and Ivan Turgenev's "Fortune's Fool", which were staged at the Chichester Festival Theatre, the former with Derek Jacobi, the latter with Alan Bates, who reprised his role for a 2002 Broadway production that earned Poulton a Tony Award nomination for Best Play. Wikipedia
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