View a photograph from 1911 of the facade of the famous theater, home of the work of Constantin Stanislavsky and original school of "the method."
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Article profiles the influential repertory company founded in 1898 by Constantin Stanislavsky and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko.
Includes photographs, reproductions, and stills from such productions as Annenkov's of "The Storming of the Winter Palace" and Tatlin's of Khlebnikov's "Zangezi."
Explore the work of such stage designers as Alexandra Exter and Natalia Goncharova and ballet productions by Diaghilev as well as details on theatrical productions.
See the suprematist painter's costume and stage designs for this self-proclaimed "first Futurist opera," by M. Matiushin to a text written, principally, by A. Kruchenykh.
View photos of sets and costume designs for Russian theater and ballet from such teams as Sapunov, Meyerhold, and Blok and Stravinsky, Benois, and Diaghilev.
Pictured are stage designs for the 1913 production of Mayakovsky's "Vladimir Mayakovsky. A Tragedy" and the 1916 production of Annensky's tragedy "Thamyris Kitharodos."
Shows stills from productions of Mayakovsky's "The Bedbug" and Kirshon's "Bread," including pictures of Shostakovich, Meyerhold, Mayakovsky, and Rodchenko.
Photos of Meyerhold's 1925 production of N. Erdman's "Warrant" and the 1926 Moscow Art Theater production of Bulgakov's play "Days," based on his novel "The White Guard."
View a photograph of a group scene from the 1931 staging by the Moscow Art Theater of Kirshon's play.
100th anniversary celebration of the theater founded by Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko is the pretext for this history of the theater's creation and early years.
John Freedman describes the pixilated proceedings of the centennial of the Moscow Art Theatre, hosted by Oleg Yefremov and saluted, in finale, by Oleg Tabakov.
Briefly comments on the first Russian professional theater, founded by Fyodor Volkov in Yaroslavl in 1750. See a photo of the new building, erected in 1910.