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Seagull , Introduction
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov's The Seagull was
completed in 1896. It was staged for the first time on October
17, 1896 at the Aleksandrinsky Theater in St. Petersburg. The
premiere was not particularly successful, but subsequent performances
were applauded and the overall impression the play made on its
first audiences was positive. Nevertheless, it was not until the
1898 production at the Moscow Art Theater that The Seagull
was received triumphantly. That production was directed by Stanislavsky,
and it starred Stanislavsky himself as Trigorin and Vsevolod Meyerhold
as Treplev. It was not only the first completely successful production
of Chekhov's work, but it began the legendary association of the
Moscow Art Theater with Chekhov's work for the stage including
classic productions of Uncle Vanya (1899), The Three
Sisters (1901) and The Cherry Orchard (1904).
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