The Moscow Academic theatre named after Vl. Mayakovsky is one of the oldest and most celebrated theatre ensembles of Moscow and Russia.
Its building was built in 1886 specifically for eminent artists from abroad. On this stage, played by such world famous performers as Sarah Bernhardt, Eleonora Duse, Ernst Possart , Mune – Sully,Coquelin -older, Coquelin-younger, and other celebs. At the turn of XIX – XX centuries the theater was even called "International" in the power of all-European composition of the performing artists here.
Revolution changes the destiny of the theatre at Nikitsky. In 1920, the building is the Theatre of revolutionary satire (Terest), and in 1922 he transformed into the Theater of the revolution, the head of which is appointed Vsevolod Meyerhold.
From this moment begins a modern biography of Theatre named after Vl. Mayakovsky.
Meyerhold led the Theater of the revolution only two years later switched entirely to their own theatre. Since 1931, director of the theatre becomes an outstanding figure of the Soviet culture A. D. Popov. In the years of his leadership (1931 – 1942) was supplied: "Poem of the ax" and "My friend", "Romeo and Juliet", "The Death squadron", "The dog in the manger", "Tanya", "The bride", "Mary Stuart" and other performances.
Since 1943, the theatre is headed by N. Okhlopkov. His management, which lasted till 1967, brought the theatre performances such as "Young guard", "Mother", "Zykov", "Storm", "Hamlet", "Bug", "Aristocrats", "Irkutsk story," "Mother Courage…", "Medea", "The Death of Tarelkin"…
In 1968, the art director of theatre had become Andrey Goncharov. He had been directed theater for more than 30 years, till his death in 2001. The most significant plays of three decades was, "Talents and admirers", "The children of Vanyushina", "Defeat", "a Streetcar named Desire", "Man of La Mancha", "Bankrupt", "Conversations with Socrates", "Running", "The Seagull", "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk" and "the Life of Klim Samgin", "Fruits of enlightenment", "Sunset", "Napoleon the First", "The victim of the century", "A doll's house"…
In January 2002 the artistic director of the theater named after Vl. Mayakovsky is assigned to S.N. Artsibashev, before that 10 years led he created the "Theatre on Pokrovka". Among the main productions of this director can be called Gogol "The Marriage", "Dead souls", "How quarreled…","The brothers Karamazov" by Dostoevsky.
20-th of May 2011 the Department of culture of Moscow city adopted decision on the appointment of the new leadership of the Moscow academic theater named after Vl.Mayakovsky. Artistic director of the theater became a Director Mindaugas Karbauskis, winner of the highest theatrical awards of Russia.
At all times the Theater named after Vl. Mayakovsky was famous for its actors. Over the years, here played by Maria Babanova and Mikhail Astangov, Maxim Strauch and Lev Sverdlin, Faina Ranevskaya and Lidia Sukharevskaya, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan and Olga Yakovleva, Natalia Gundareva and Alexander Lazarev-older. Today, the troupe is presented by such remarkable masters as Svetlana Nemolyaeva, Igor Kostolevsky, Mikhail Filippov, Evgeniya Simonova, Galina Anisimova, Igor Kashintsev, Igor okhlupin, Olga Prokofieva, Daniil Spivakovsky, Anatoly lobotsky, Anna Ardova, Tatiana Orlova, Lyubov Rudenko, etc.
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