Before the 1917 Revolution the Mikhailovsky did not have its own resident company: performances were given either by a French company, hired by the Russian Imperial Theatres, or at the end of the century by the Mariinsky Theatre and Alexandrinsky Theatre companies.
The Mikhailovsky did not have its own resident company. This was before the 1917 Revolution. Performances were given either by a French company, or at the end of the century by the Mariinsky Theatre and Alexandrinsky Theatre companies. A French company was hired by the Russian Imperial Theatres.