Downton Abbey star Laura Carmichael gave an admirable performance for her West End debut in Chekhov classic Uncle Vanya.
《唐顿庄园》(Downton Abbey)女星劳拉·卡尔迈克尔(Laura Carmichael)在话剧契诃夫的经典之作《万尼亚舅舅》(Uncle Vanya)中奉献了精彩的西区首秀。
The actress - known for her role as Lady Edith Crawley in the hit TV show - stars opposite Anna Friel, Ken Stott and Samuel West in the play which opened at London's Vaudeville Theatre in the Strand.
劳拉因饰演热播剧《唐顿庄园》中的伊迪丝·克劳利小姐(Lady Edith Crawley)而被影迷所熟知。在这部于伦敦斯特兰特地区的沃德韦耶剧院上演的话剧中，劳拉饰演桑娅(Sonya)，与安娜·弗里尔(Anna Friel)，肯·斯托特(Ken Stott)与塞缪尔·韦斯特(Samuel West)上演对手戏。
Laura stoically carried on with her closing monologue despite a member of the audience in the front rows becoming unwell and causing a commotion.
演出时，前排的一名观众突感不适，引起一阵骚动，但劳拉泰然处之，念完了最后一段独白。
In the audience to support the actress were her Downton co-stars Joanne Froggatt, Amy Nuttall and Phyllis Logan, who play housemaid Anna, disgraced maid Ethel and housekeeper Mrs Hughes.
前来给这位女星打气的有不少《唐顿庄园》的演员：饰演女仆安娜(Anna)的琼安·弗洛甘(Joanne Froggatt)，饰演堕落女佣艾瑟尔(Ethel)的艾米·纳托尔(Amy Nuttall)和饰演女管家休斯太太(Mrs. Hughes)的菲利斯·洛根(Phyllis Logan)。
Also in the audience were Luther star Idris Elba and Anna's partner Rhys Ifans, who made V for victory signs to her during the curtain call.
观众中还有《路德》(Luther)男星伊德瑞斯·艾尔巴(Idris Elba)以及安娜的男友瑞什·伊凡斯(Rhys Ifans)，后者在谢幕时给了安娜做了一个胜利的V字手势。
Phyllis said of the show: "I loved it. Laura was great. She must have thought she was being heckled but she just kept on going. She did so well."
对于这场演出，菲利斯评论道：“我非常喜欢这部戏。劳拉太出色了。她当时肯定在想有观众起哄了，但她还是很镇定地继续演了下去。她做得很棒。”
Amy said: "She was amazing. But we think she was miscast because she kept saying 'I'm so plain' and she's so beautiful."
艾米说：“她真的很赞。但我们觉得选她来演这个角色不是最合适，她一直说着‘我毫无姿色，相貌平平’，但她其实可漂亮啦！”
Joanne agreed and added: "We loved our girl."
琼安很同意，并补充道：“我们很爱她。”