Photograph of Nina in The Seagull

From The Director's Prism: E. T. A. Hoffmann and the Russian Theatrical Avant-Garde by Dassia N. Posner

Nina Zarechnaia, shrouded in white, performs on an elevated outdoor stage while spectators sit on a bench looking on, their backs to the real audience beyond the imaginary fourth wall. See book: p. 1
Creator(s)	Stanislavsky, Konstantin
Creator Role	director
Contributor(s)	Simov, Victor (artist) Nemirovich-Danchenko, Vladimir (director) Chekhov, Anton (playwright) Roksanova, Maria (actor)
Subjects	Performing Arts
Date	Premiere: December 18, 1898 Photograph from 1905 revival
Related Section	Introduction: Hoffmann’s Prism
Keywords	Moscow Art Theatre fourth-wall theater polemics
Content Type	photograph
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Copyright Holder	Laurence Senelick
Copyright Status	in-copyright
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Credit Line	Laurence Senelick Collection
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Nina Zarechnaia (Maria Roksanova) in act 1 of Chekhov’s The Seagull, directed by Konstantin Stanislavsky and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Moscow Art Theatre (premiere: December 18, 1898; photograph from 1905 revival). Laurence Senelick Collection.

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