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	==Performances in English translation==		==Performances in English translation==
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	1931: This was the play used for the opening performance in the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, presented by the [[Little Theatre Players]], directed by [[Arthur Sewell]] with students and staff of the [[South African College of Music]] on 18 August 1931.		1931: This was the play used for the opening performance in the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, presented by the [[Little Theatre Players]], directed by [[Arthur Sewell]] with students and staff of the [[South African College of Music]] on 18 August 1931.

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	[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz\|Tucker]], 1997.		[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz\|Tucker]], 1997.
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		+	Photocopy of the published text, found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022. Now held in the [[Performing Arts Research Collection]] ([[PARC]]) at the [[Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation]], with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa. (See '''[[Antoinette Kellerman Collection (KC)]]'''.)

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	2006: Presented by [[UCT]] Drama Department to celebrate the [[Little Theatre]]'s 75th anniversary, directed by [[Liz Mills]], with [[Kate Liquorish]] (Irina), [[Jason Potgieter]] (Treplov), [[Albert Pretorius]] (Sorin), [[Alicia McCormick]] (Nina), [[Faadhil Cupido]], [[Briony Horwitz]], [[Nathan Fredericks]] (Trigorin), [[Charlie Keegan]], [[Lungi Pinda]] and [[Ariella Caira]] (cellist) at the [[Little Theatre]], Orange Street.		2006: Presented by [[UCT]] Drama Department to celebrate the [[Little Theatre]]'s 75th anniversary, directed by [[Liz Mills]], with [[Kate Liquorish]] (Irina), [[Jason Potgieter]] (Treplov), [[Albert Pretorius]] (Sorin), [[Alicia McCormick]] (Nina), [[Faadhil Cupido]], [[Briony Horwitz]], [[Nathan Fredericks]] (Trigorin), [[Charlie Keegan]], [[Lungi Pinda]] and [[Ariella Caira]] (cellist) at the [[Little Theatre]], Orange Street.
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		+	2022: Presented by [[LAMTA]] at [[Theatre on the Bay]], directed by [[Chris Weare]] in a double bill with Aaron Posner's ''[[Stupid Fucking Bird]]''.

	==Performances in Afrikaans translation==		==Performances in Afrikaans translation==

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-: The Mohr translation performed by [[PACT]]  in the [[Breytenbach Theatre]] in August, directed by [[Robert Mohr]] with  [[Wilna Snyman]], [[Don Lamprecht]], [[Carel Trichardt]], [[Sandra Prinsloo]], [[Wilma Stockenström]], [[Katinka Heyns]], [[Marius Weyers]], [[Louis van Niekerk]], [[Marko van der Colff]], [[David Eppel]], [[Karin van Wyk]] and [[George Ballot]]. Decor by [[Richard Cook]], costumes by [[Tom Owen]], company manager [[Jannie Lindeque]], stage manager [[Danny Keogh]].
+: The Mohr translation performed by [[PACT]]  in the [[Breytenbach Theatre]], Pretoria,  in August and the [[Alexander Theatre]], Johannesburg, in September. Directed by [[Robert Mohr]] with  [[Wilna Snyman]], [[Don Lamprecht]], [[Carel Trichardt]], [[Sandra Prinsloo]], [[Wilma Stockenström]], [[Katinka Heyns]], [[Marius Weyers]], [[Louis van Niekerk]], [[Marko van der Colff]], [[David Eppel]], [[Karin van Wyk]] and [[George Ballot]]. Decor by [[Richard Cook]], costumes by [[Tom Owen]], company manager [[Jannie Lindeque]], stage manager [[Danny Keogh]].
 /3: It would appear from the 1976 published text that the Brink translation was commissioned by the [[Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State]] ([[PACOFS]]), who held the right to the first performance. [''Details about the production are still being sought.'']

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 [[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1972. pp 119, 154.
 ''[[South African Opinion]]'', 2(4):23, 1945.
-PACT Newsletter, June 1972.
+[[PACT]] Newsletter, June 1972.
 ''[[The Seagull]]'' theatre programmes 1987, 1990.

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 : Presented by [[PACT]] Drama at the [[Windybrow Theatre]] and the [[State Theatre]], directed by [[Ilse van Hemert]] starring [[Sandra Prinsloo]] (Arkadina}, [[Christopher Wells]] (Trepliov}, [[Michael McCabe]] (Sorin), [[Embeth Davidtz]] (Zaryechnaia), [[Dale Cutts]] (Shamrayev), [[Jacqui Singer]] (Polena Andreevna), [[Anna-Mart van der Merwe]] (Masha), [[Graham Hopkins]] (Trigorin), [[James Borthwick]] (Dorn), [[Peter Terry]] (Medviedenko) and [[Nicholas Ashby|Nick Nortier-Ashby]] (a workman). Set and costume designer [[Lindy Roberts]], lighting designer [[Jane Gosnell]].
-: Presented by [[UCT]] Drama Departmentto celebrate the [[Little Theatre]]'s 75th anniversary, directed by [[Liz Mills]], with [[Kate Liquorish]] (Irina), [[Jason Potgieter]] (Treplov), [[Albert Pretorius]] (Sorin), [[Alicia McCormick]] (Nina), [[Faadhil Cupido]], [[Briony Horwitz]], [[Nathan Fredericks]] (Trigorin), [[Charlie Keegan]], [[Lungi Pinda]] and [[Ariella Caira]] (cellist) at the [[Little Theatre]], Orange Street.
+: Presented by [[UCT]] Drama Department to celebrate the [[Little Theatre]]'s 75th anniversary, directed by [[Liz Mills]], with [[Kate Liquorish]] (Irina), [[Jason Potgieter]] (Treplov), [[Albert Pretorius]] (Sorin), [[Alicia McCormick]] (Nina), [[Faadhil Cupido]], [[Briony Horwitz]], [[Nathan Fredericks]] (Trigorin), [[Charlie Keegan]], [[Lungi Pinda]] and [[Ariella Caira]] (cellist) at the [[Little Theatre]], Orange Street.
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 : Presented by [[PACT]] Drama at the [[Windybrow Theatre]] and the [[State Theatre]], directed by [[Ilse van Hemert]] starring [[Sandra Prinsloo]] (Arkadina}, [[Christopher Wells]] (Trepliov}, [[Michael McCabe]] (Sorin), [[Embeth Davidtz]] (Zaryechnaia), [[Dale Cutts]] (Shamrayev), [[Jacqui Singer]] (Polena Andreevna), [[Anna-Mart van der Merwe]] (Masha), [[Graham Hopkins]] (Trigorin), [[James Borthwick]] (Dorn), [[Peter Terry]] (Medviedenko) and [[Nicholas Ashby|Nick Nortier-Ashby]] (a workman). Set and costume designer [[Lindy Roberts]], lighting designer [[Jane Gosnell]].
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 https://www.ufs.ac.za/arts/ufs-arts-home/general/arts-diary?article=28
 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.

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 =The original text=
-Written as ''[[Чайка]]'' (''[[Chayka]]'' in the Roman alphabet) in 1895, it was first produced at the Alexandrinsky Theatre, St Petersburg in 1896, but failed . Revived and a success when performed by the Moscow Art Theatre a while later. It is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays.
+Written as ''[[Чайка]]'' (''[[Chayka]]'' in the Roman alphabet) in 1895, it was first produced at the Alexandrinsky Theatre, St Petersburg in 1896, but failed. However, it was revived and a success when performed by the Moscow Art Theatre a while later. Today it is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays.
 =Translations and adaptations=

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 : The Mohr translation performed by [[PACT]]  in the [[Breytenbach Theatre]] in August, directed by [[Robert Mohr]] with  [[Wilna Snyman]], [[Don Lamprecht]], [[Carel Trichardt]], [[Sandra Prinsloo]], [[Wilma Stockenström]], [[Katinka Heyns]], [[Marius Weyers]], [[Louis van Niekerk]], [[Marko van der Colff]], [[David Eppel]], [[Karin van Wyk]] and [[George Ballot]]. Decor by [[Richard Cook]] and costumes by [[Tom Owen]].
-/3: It would appear from the 1976 published text that the Brink translation was commissioned by the [[Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State]] ([[PACOFS]]), who held the right to the first performance. [Details of the production are still being sought.]
+/3: It would appear from the 1976 published text that the Brink translation was commissioned by the [[Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State]] ([[PACOFS]]), who held the right to the first performance. [''Details about the production are still being sought.'']
 : The Brink translation performed by the [[University of Stellenbosch Drama Department]] at the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] in November 1996, directed by [[Shirley Johnston]], starring [[Nicole Holm]], [[Nico Dreyer]], [[Paul du Toit]], [[Leanna Dreyer]], [[Paul van Wyk]], [[Keith Bain]], [[Martelize Kolver]], [[Amelda Brand]], [[Gaerin Hauptfleisch]], [[Jaco Bouwer]], [[Hugo Theart]], [[Albert Snyman]].