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Meyerhold Vsevolod Emilievich

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Alexandrinsky Theater


Main article: Theaters in Russia

Biography

Karl Theodor Casimir Meyergold was born into a German family, lived and studied in Penza. In the 1890s he converted to Orthodoxy and became Vsevolod Meyerhold. In honor of the beloved writer Vsevolod Garshin.

After graduating from the Music and Drama School of the Moscow Philharmonic Society, he joined the troupe of the Moscow Art Theater, founded by Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko and Konstantin Stanislavsky.

From 1902, Meyerhold left for free swimming. He worked in the theater of V.F. Komissarzhevskaya, Alexandrinsky Theater.

In 1917-1920, he taught, staged a lot, invented the so-called "biomechanics" - the actor's education system.

Since 1923, the Meyerhold troupe officially became known as the theater (Meyerhold Theater, TIM). The most famous Soviet performances of the Meyerhold Theater can be called "Forest" by A. N. Ostrovsky, "Inspector General" by N. V. Gogol, "Woe to the Mind" by A. S. Griboedov.

V.E. Meyerhold in 1929. Photo: Bakhrushinsky Museum

The director opened many directorial moves that are still popular, played with light, mixed historical and modern theatrical techniques.

In 1938, the theater was closed.