The Seagull

The Seagull, The by Anton Chekhov. First produced and failed at the Alexandrinsky Theatre, St Petersburg in 1896. Revived and a success when performed by the Moscow Art Theatre a while later. First South African performance in 19** by **. Play used for the opening performance in the Little Theatre, Cape Town, directed by W.A. Sewell with students and staff of the South African College of Music on 18 August 1931. Other productions by the Johannesburg Reps (with Taubie Kushlick as Madame Arkadina, 1941/1945 - ?* Tucker, 1997?**), ***, The Company (directed by Barney Simon for the “unofficial opening” of the Market Theatre 21 June, 1976) , Glass Theatre, Cape Town (dir Chris Pretorius, 1982), ** Translated into Afrikaans by ** as Die Seemeeu and first produced by ** in 19**. Other productions directed by **, **,** The Seagull by Anton Chekhov: Performed in 1941 by The Johannesburg Reps starring Taubie Kushlick. This play was staged again by Barney Simon at Upstairs at the Market Theatre on 21 June 1976 starring Erica Rogers, Vanessa Cooke, Sandra Prinsloo, Bill Brewer, Marius Weyers, Danny Keogh, Lindsay Reardon and Bess Finney. Ilse van Hemert directed this play starring Sandra Prinsloo, Michael McCabe and Embeth Davidtz at the Adcock-Ingram in 1990. (Tucker, 1997)

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