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The play that came back from the dead

In 1896, Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull was nearly hissed off the stage. Two years later a new, struggling Moscow company staged it and found its first major success. Research and a book its publisher bills as a bestseller look at what makes such a company work.

Major #31: Theatre ArtsThe story: Anton Chekhov and the Moscow Art Theatre (1890s). The book: The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle.

About 8 minutes

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In this lesson

  • Nearly hissed off the stage
  • The hard note
  • What the research says
  • The book: The Culture Code
  • What the evidence says about the book
  • Where this comes from
  • Try it today
  • 4 questions to check yourself

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