Topics: Art | Artists | Characters | Chekhov's Biography and Letters | Critiques of The Seagull | Cultural Expectations: Gender and Sexuality | Russian History | Translations of The Seagull
Anderson, Roger and
Paul Debreczeny, ed. Russian narrative and visual art: varieties
of seeing. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. 1994.
Benua,
Aleksandr. History of Russian painting in the 19th Century.
St. Petersburg: Znanie. 1902.
Hamilton, George
Heard. The art and architecture of Russia. Baltimore: Penguin
Books. 1954.
Hare, Richard.
The art and artists of Russia. Greenwich, Conn: New York
Graphic Society. 1966.
Grierson, Roderick,
ed. Gates of mystery: the art of holy Russia. Fort Worth,
Texas: InterCultura. 1992.
Kean, Beverly
Whitney. All the empty palaces: the merchant patrons of modern art
in pre-Revolutionary Russia. New York: Universe Books. 1983.
King, David. Images of revolution: graphic art from 1905 Russia. New York: Pantheon Books. 1983.
Stavrou, Theofanis George, ed. Art and culture in nineteenth-century Russia. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 1983.
Todd, Albert C. and Max Hayward, ed. 20th Century Russian Poetry: Silver and Steel, An Anthology. New York: Doubleday Publishing. 1993.
Anderson, Roger and
Paul Debreczeny, ed. Russian narrative and visual art: varieties
of seeing. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. 1994.
Hare, Richard. The art and artists of Russia. Greenwich, Conn: New York Graphic Society. 1966.
Springchorn, Evert, ed. Ibsen: Letters and Speeches. New York: Hill and Wang. 1964.
Pasternak, Leonid.
The Memoirs of Leonid Pasternak. "V.A. Serov." London:
Quartet. 1982.
Prorokova, S.
Levitan. Moscow: Molodaia Gvardiia. 1960.
Character
Specific Information
Senelick, L.,
ed. Russian Dramatic Theory from Pushkin to the Symbolists.
Austin: University of Texas Press. 1981.
Todd, Albert C. and
Max Hayward, ed. 20th Century Russian Poetry: Silver and Steel, An
Anthology. New York: Doubleday Publishing. 1993.
Benedetti, Jean,
ed. The Moscow Art Theatre Letters. New York: Routledge,
Chapman and Hall. 1991.
Pasternak, Leonid.
The Memoirs of Leonid Pasternak. "V.A. Serov." London:
Quartet. 1982.
Prorokova, S. Levitan. Moscow: Molodaia Gvardiia. 1960.
McClelland, James
C. Autocrats and academics: education, culture and society in
Tsarist Russia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1979.
Ruane, Christine.
Gender, class, and the professionalization of Russian city
teachers. 1860-1914. Pittsburgh, Pa: University of Pittsburgh
Press. 1994.
Seregny, Scott J.
Russian Teachers and Peasant Revolution: The Politics of Education
in 1905. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 1989.
Chekhov's
Biography and LettersBenedetti, Jean, ed. The Moscow Art Theatre Letters. New York: Routledge, Chapman and Hall. 1991.
Hellman, Lillian, ed. The Selected Letters of Anton Chekhov. New Jersey: The Ecco Press. 1994.
Simmons, Ernest J.
Chekhov: A Biography. Boston: Little, Brown. 1962.
Troyat, Henri. Chekhov. New York: E.P. Dutton. 1986.
Yermilov, Vladimir.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. Translated by Ivy Litvinov. Moscow:
Foregin Languages Publishing House.
Critiques
of The Seagull
Gilman,
Richard. Chekhov's Plays: And Opening into Eternity. Conn.:
Yale University Press. 1995.
Jackson, Robert Louis. Chekhov: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall. 1967.
Cultural
Expectations: Gender and Sexuality
Edmonson,
Linda, ed. Women and society in Russia and the Soviet Union.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1992.
Engelstein, Laura.
The keys to happiness: sex and the search for modernity in
fin-de-siecle Russia. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. 1992.
Kon, Igor and James
Riordan, ed. Sex and Russian Society. Bloomington: Indiana
University Press. 1993.
Kon, Igor
Semenovich. The sexual revolution in Russia: from the age of the
czars to today. New York: The Free Press. 1995.
Meyer, Donald B.
Sex and power: the rise of women in America, Russia, Sweden, and
Italy. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press. 1987.
Stavrou, Theofanis
George, ed. Art and culture in nineteenth-century Russia.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 1983.
Russian
History Allenov, Mikhail
M., et al. Moscow: treasures and traditions. Washington, D.C.:
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in association
with University of Washington Press. 1990.
Benua,
Aleksandr. History of Russian painting in the 19th Century.
St. Petersburg: Znanie. 1902.
Massie, Suzanne.
Land of the firebird: the beauty of old Russia. Blue Hill,
Maine: Hearttree. 1980.
Translations
of The Seagull Chekhov, Anton.
The Seagull. Translated by Ronald Hingley. Oxford: Oxford
University Press. 1977.
Chekhov, Anton.
The Seagull. Translated by Nicholas Saunders and Frank Dwyer.
Vermont: Smith and Krauss, Inc. 1994.
Chekhov, Anton.
The Seagull. Translated by Jean-Claude Van Itallie. New York:
Harper and Row. 1974. (We are using this translation on our
production.)
References
Listed by AuthorAllenov, Mikhail
M., et al. Moscow: treasures and traditions. Washington, D.C.:
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in association
with University of Washington Press. 1990.
Anderson, Roger and
Paul Debreczeny, ed. Russian narrative and visual art: varieties
of seeing. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. 1994.
Benedetti, Jean,
ed. The Moscow Art Theatre Letters. New York: Routledge,
Chapman and Hall. 1991.
Benua,
Aleksandr. History of Russian painting in the 19th Century.
St. Petersburg: Znanie. 1902.
Chekhov, Anton.
The Seagull. Translated by Jean-Claude Van Itallie. New York:
Harper and Row. 1974.
Edmonson, Linda,
ed. Women and society in Russia and the Soviet Union.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1992.
Engelstein, Laura.
The keys to happiness: sex and the search for modernity in
fin-de-siecle Russia. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. 1992.
Gilman, Richard.
Chekhov's Plays: And Opening into Eternity. Conn.: Yale
University Press. 1995.
Hamilton, George
Heard. The art and architecture of Russia. Baltimore: Penguin
Books. 1954.
Hare, Richard.
The art and artists of Russia. Greenwich, Conn: New York
Graphic Society. 1966.
Hellman, Lillian,
ed. The Selected Letters of Anton Chekhov. New Jersey: The
Ecco Press. 1994.
Grierson, Roderick,
ed. Gates of mystery: the art of holy Russia. Fort Worth,
Texas: InterCultura. 1992.
Jackson, Robert
Louis. Chekhov: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood
Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall. 1967.
Kean, Beverly
Whitney. All the empty palaces: the merchant patrons of modern art
in pre-Revolutionary Russia. New York: Universe Books. 1983.
King, David.
Images of revolution: graphic art from 1905 Russia. New York:
Pantheon Books. 1983.
Kon, Igor and James
Riordan, ed. Sex and Russian Society. Bloomington: Indiana
University Press. 1993.
Kon, Igor
Semenovich. The sexual revolution in Russia: from the age of the
czars to today. New York: The Free Press. 1995.
Lorde, Audre.
Sister Outsider: essays and speeches. "Notes from a Trip to
Russia." Trumansburg, New York: Crossing Press. 1984.
Massie, Suzanne.
Land of the firebird: the beauty of old Russia. Blue Hill,
Maine: Hearttree. 1980.
McClelland, James
C. Autocrats and academics: education, culture and society in
Tsarist Russia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1979.
Meyer, Donald B.
Sex and power: the rise of women in America, Russia, Sweden, and
Italy. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press. 1987.
Pasternak, Leonid.
The Memoirs of Leonid Pasternak. "V.A. Serov." London:
Quartet. 1982.
Pennell, Joseph.
The Jew at Home: impressions of a summer and autumn spent with
him. New York: D. Appleton. 1892.
Prorokova, S.
Levitan. Moscow: Molodaia Gvardiia. 1960.
Ruane, Christine.
Gender, class, and the professionalization of Russian city
teachers. 1860-1914. Pittsburgh, Pa: University of Pittsburgh
Press. 1994.
Senelick, L., ed.
Russian Dramatic Theory from Pushkin to the Symbolists.
Austin: University of Texas Press. 1981.
Seregny, Scott J.
Russian Teachers and Peasant Revolution: The Politics of Education
in 1905. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 1989.
Simmons, Ernest J.
Chekhov: A Biography. Boston: Little, Brown. 1962.
Springchorn, Evert,
ed. Ibsen: Letters and Speeches. New York: Hill and Wang.
1964.
Stavrou, Theofanis
George, ed. Art and culture in nineteenth-century Russia.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 1983.
Troyat, Henri.
Chekhov. New York: E.P. Dutton. 1986.
Yermilov, Vladimir.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. Translated by Ivy Litvinov. Moscow:
Foregin Languages Publishing House.
Benedetti, Jean,
ed. The Moscow Art Theatre Letters. New York: Routledge,
Chapman and Hall. 1991.
Chekhov, Anton.
The Seagull. Translated by Jean-Claude Van Itallie. New York:
Harper and Row. 1974.
Gilman, Richard.
Chekhov's Plays: And Opening into Eternity. Conn.: Yale
University Press. 1995.
Hellman, Lillian,
ed. The Selected Letters of Anton Chekhov. New Jersey: The
Ecco Press. 1994.
Troyat, Henri.
Chekhov. New York: E.P. Dutton. 1986.
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