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Le Jardin Animé (Corsair) and Le Vaudeville Comedy diplomate (Diplomatist). Theater
de l ‘ Hermitage (Hermitage Theater), St. Petersburg, January 16, 1898, illustration by N. Samokish.
Typography of Imperial Theaters.Le Jardin Animé - ballet fragment “Corsair”, staged by
Marius Petipa, played by the ballerina Matilda Kshesinskaya. Le diplomate French comedyvaudeville,
written for high society, enjoyed extraordinary success in the aristocratic circles
of St. Petersburg.