Байланысты: Аракин В.Д. Практический курс английского языка. 2 курс (7-е издание, 2008)
b) Make up dialogues discussing the points above.
VIII. a) Supply articles where necessary:
Chekhov's play "... Sea-gull" was first staged in ... Alexan-drinsky Theatre in... Petersburg. It was ... complete failure.... play was ruined by ... dull and ... clumsy production. It was staged in ... "good old traditions" whereas ... Chekhov's plays were quite unlike any other plays written before and demanded ... new forms and devices.... Petersburg audience did not understand "... Sea-gull." There was ... laughter in most poetical scenes and many of... audience left long before ... end of ... play. It was ... cruel blow to Chekhov. However, in... Moscow Art Theatre, which was not ... year old then (it was in 1898), ... same play directed by K. S. Stanislavsky was ... tremendous success.... Stanislavsky's production of "... Sea-gull" opened ... new epoch in ... history of ... theatre and symbolized... triumph of... new and ... progressive forms over ... old ones.
In ... memory of that event... white sea-gull spreads its wings on ... curtain of ... Moscow Art Theatre.
