The Royal Court Theatre, at different times known as the Court Theatre, the New Chelsea Theatre, and the Belgravia Theatre, is a non-commercial theatre in Sloane Square, London, England, opened in 187
The Royal Court Theatre in 2020
The Royal Court Theatre at dusk in 2007
The Seagull is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 and first produced in 1896. The Seagull is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramatizes the rom
Maly Theatre production in 2008
Guest cottage at Melikhovo where Chekhov wrote The Seagull
Chekhov reads The Seagull with the Moscow Art Theatre company. Chekhov reads (centre), Konstantin Stanislavski and Olga Knipper (right), Stanislavski's wife, Maria Lilina, (left). Vsevolod Meyerhold (seated, far right) Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko (far left).
Studio portrait of Stanislavski as Trigorin from the 1898 Moscow Art Theatre production