Mossovet Theatre

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Mossovet Theatre
Russian Federation
Opened1923
Years active1923–present
Website
mossovet.theatre.ru

Mossovet State Academic Theatre (Государственный академический театр имени Театр Моссовета) is one of the oldest theatres of Moscow, opened in 1923 and based at Bolshaya Sadovaya, 16.[1]

History

Mossovet Theater[2] was created in 1923 by the theatre entrepreneur S.I.Prokofiev, first as the Theater of Moscow Provincial Council of Trade Unions (MGSPS). In 1925–1940 it was led by E.O. Lyubimov-Lanskoy and in 1938 changed its name to the Theatre of Moscow City Council (Teatr Moscovskovo soveta) later to be shortened to its present form.[3]

The theatre progressed greatly during the reign of actor and director

Yury Zavadsky (the protégé of Konstantin Stanislavski) which started in 1940 and lasted up to 1977. In those years the Mossovet became home to such Soviet stage stars as Vera Maretskaya, Nikolai Mordvinov, Faina Ranevskaya, Lyubov Orlova, Rostislav Plyatt, Boris Ivanov, Georgiy Zhzhonov, Gennady Bortnikov, Mikhail Kozakov, Yury Kuzmenkov. In 1964 the theatre for its artistic achievements was given the Academic Theatre status.[4][5]

With the arrival of

Troupe

References

  1. ^ "a-a-ah.com". Mossovet Theatre. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  2. ^ "The Mossovet Theatre - Famous Moscow drama theatre".
  3. ^ a b "Mossovet Theatre history". mossovet.theatre.ru. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  4. ^ "Mossovet State Academic Theatre". en.travel.mos.ru. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  5. ^ a b "Mossovet Theatre history". www.kino-teatr.ru. Retrieved 2012-03-01.