The Museum – apartment of V. E. Meyerhold is in a flat № 11 in a residential house on 12 Brusov Pereulok, it was built in the style of constructivism in 1928, the largest project of the Moscow architect by I. Rerberg. The house where he lived and he Rerberg and actors: A. Ktorov and B. Popov, S. Geacintov and I. Bersenev, sisters Skrjabini and other outstanding figures of the theatre, it is a monument of history and culture and is known as the "House of artists".
The founder of the Museum was granddaughter of Meyerhold Maria Alekseevna Valentey, achieved a return of the apartment in the Wizard and create the Museum in 1991, using found with great difficulty things out of the Cabinet, was able to restore its appearance in 1934. This year Master was staged the play "The lady of the camellias" by A. Dumas Jr., where in the role of Marguerite Gautier shone H. N. Raich. Along with this, owing to the considerable collection Fund GosTIMa (State theatre. Meyerhold), preserved in the vaults of the Bakhrushin Museum, the Museum – apartment of Meyerhold exhibitions devoted to his life and work, as well as a wide range of issues related not only to the art of theatre, but also culture in General.
This approach suggests the personality of the genius of the Director of the reformer. Meyerhold had a huge impact on all the subsequent development of world theatre. In his work, he relied not only on the brightest intuitive revelations and insights, but also a profound knowledge of theatrical history and culture, music, painting, referring to the ancient and medieval theatre, the Italian Commedia Dell'arte and the theatre of Louis XIV, Russian fair and traditional systems of Chinese and Japanese theatres, skillfully using their elements in his filmmaking practice, but never ceasing to be themselves. In the Museum – apartment of the Aircraft. Meyerhold regular theme and events, lectures, film screenings.
In 2009, the Museum was opened a new exhibition "Meyerhold – actor. The actor in the theater of Meyerhold". The exhibition, which includes more than 500 exhibits, allows for the first time so fully reveal the relations between Director and actor. Meyerhold began her stage career as a leading actor in the first troupe of the Moscow art theatre, which it became the best, according to Chekhov, who played Treplev in the legendary "The Seagull", as no one understood artistic nature. This helped him in his filmmaking practice not only to find a common language with actors such different theatrical aesthetics what were the Century theatre of V. Komissarzhevskaya, Imperial Alexandrinsky and Mariinsky theatres, but also to bring new theatrical ideas on traditional scenes. And only after the revolution of 1917, when he had the opportunity to create their own theatre, Meyerhold had been using them to develope a unique system of training of the actor "biomechanics" brought brilliant galaxy of actors, who are now the pride of our culture – S. Eisenstein, S. Yutkevich, M. Babanov, I. Ilyinsky, E. Garin, M. Zharov, A. Sverdlin, V. Pluchek and many others.
Working hours:
Wed – Sun: 12.00 – 19.00
Cashier: 12.00 – 18.30
Closed: Monday, Tuesday
Cleaning day: last Friday of the month
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