- Mayakovsky Theater
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Mayakovsky Theater Address Bolshaya Nikitskaya, 19/13 City Moscow Country Russian Federation Architect Konstantin Tersky (1886) Opened 1920 Years active 1920-present http://www.mayakovsky.ru/ Mayakovsky Theater (Russian: Театр Маяковского; Московский академический театр имени Вл. Маяковского) is a theater in Moscow, Russia, founded in 1920, first as Terevsat (Theater of Revolutionary Satire, 1920-1922), then Revolution Theater (1922-1943) and Drama Theater (1944-1953). In 1954 it was renamed after Vladimir Mayakovsky.[1]
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History
The theatre At Nikitsky (that's how it was known for a while) was built in 1886 by Konstantin Tersky specifically as a venue for famous foreign artists visiting Moscow. Among those who performed there in the late XIX century were Sarah Bernhardt, Eleonora Duse, Ernst von Possart, Jean Mounet-Sully, Coquelin Sr. and Coquelin Jr. At the turn of the century the theater was known as Internationale.[1]
Since 1920 the newly founded Theater of Revolutionary Satire (Теревсат) was based in the building. In 1922 it was reorganized and renamed into Revolution Theater (Театр революции) with Vsevolod Meyerhold at the helm. In 1931-1942 Alexei Popov (1892-1961) was the Revolution Theater director; among the better known productions of this period were Poem of an Axe, My Friend, Romeo and Juliet, Death of a Aquadron. His successor was Nikolay Okhlopkov (1943-1967; Young Guard, Mother, Thunderstorm, Hamlet, Death of Tarelkin among others). During this period the name has been changed twice: first into Drama Theater (1944) then in 1954 into Mayakovsky Theater.[1]
Troupe
Best known actors of the past
- Maria Babanova (1900-1983)
- Zinaida Reich (1894-1939)
- Aleksei Bondi (1892-1952)
- Aleksei Popov (1892-1961)
- Mark Bernes (1911-1969)
- Zoya Fyodorova (1907-1981)
- Sergey Martinson (1899-1984)
- Faina Ranevskaya (1896-1984)
- Rostislav Plyatt (1908-1989)
- Nikolay Okhlopkov (1900-1967)
- Yevgeny Samoylov (1912-2006)
- Alla Balter (1939-2000)
- Nikolay Volkov (1934-2003)
- Natalya Gundareva (1948-2005)
- Alexander Lazarev (1938-2011)
- Nina Ter-Osipyan (1925-2002)
- Alexander Fatyushin (1951-2003)
Present
People's Artists of Russia
- Yevgenya Simonova
- Svetlana Nemolyayeva
- Igor Kashintsev
- Igor Kostolevsky
- Mikhail Filippov
Meritorious Artists of Russia
- Galina Belyaeva
- Olga Prokofieva
- Lyudmila Ivanilova
- Viktor Vlasov
References
- ^ a b c "Московский академический театр имени Вл. Маяковского". www.kino-teatr.ru. http://www.kino-teatr.ru/teatr/37/. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
External links
Categories:- Theatre stubs
- Theatres in Moscow
- Theatre companies in Russia
- 1920 establishments
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