bibliographic references

This page is a selective listing of publications that the cast found useful when studying the play. It is arranged by topic, author, and Cast Favorites.

Art & Artists

	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.
	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.
	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.

Arkadina, Nina , Treplyov

	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.

Trigorin

	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.

Medvedenko

	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 Letters

Benedetti, 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.

Dramaturgy

Proehl, Geoff. Rehearsing Dramaturgy: 'Time is Passing.'" Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism. Special Supplement: Contemporary Issues in Dramaturgy 13, no. 1, (Fall 1998): 103-12.

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 by Author

	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.
	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.
	Proehl, Geoff. Rehearsing Dramaturgy: 'Time is Passing.'" Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism. Special Supplement: Contemporary Issues in Dramaturgy 13, no. 1, (Fall 1998): 103-12.
	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.

Cast Favorites

	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.

University of Puget Sound

Gretchen Haley, University of Puget Sound dramaturgy scholar and production dramaturg for The Seagull, created this site with the help of company members. It has been revised and archived by Lori Ricigliano, Theatre Arts liaison librarian.