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Moscow Art Theatre collection, 1898-1938.
MC044
Collection Overview

Title:

Moscow Art Theatre collection, 1898-1938

Creator/Contributor:

Moskovskiĭ khudozhestvennyĭ akademicheskiĭ teatr, creator

Creator/Contributor:

University of California, Davis, Library.

Abstract:

Sixty-two reproductions from photographs of early Moscow Art Theatre productions.

Date:

1898 (issued)

Subject:

Performing arts

Note:

Unrestricted.
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Founded in 1898, the Moscow Art Theatre opened with Tolstoy's Tsar Feodor Ivanovich. This theatre was the first to successfully produce Chekhov's plays, and between 1898 and 1904 it performed The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, The Three sisters, and The Cherry orchard, the plays upon which Chekhov's reputation primarily rests.

Physical Description:

print
Mini-collection.

Language:

English

Identifier:

MC044

Origin:

United States

Copyright Note:

Unrestricted.