The Seagull at the Moscow Art Theatre 1899

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(Right) Original Production Photo (Act IV)

(Right) Original Production Photos (top picture ActII bottom pictures Act III)

(Left) Original Prodcution photos (Act III)

(Above)Sketch from the Moscow Art Theatre's The Seagull Act I. (V. Simov)

(Right)Pictures from the original production (top picture Act I bottom pictures Act II)

(Above)Exchanging Impressions after reading The Seagull

(Above)Konstantin Stanislavsky as Trigorin in The Moscow Art Theatre's production of The Seagull

Here is Anton Chekhov (center) at the first reading of The Seagull to the cast at The Moscow Art Theatre

The actress who played Nina in the First Production of The Seagull at the Aleaxandrinski Theatre on October 17 1896 in St. Petersbug. This first production was entirely unsuccessful, and it wasn't until the newly- founded Moscow Arts Theatre relaunched the production in October 1898 that it received acclaim.