The Moscow Art Theatre (or MAT; Russian: ÐœÐ¾Ñ ÐºÐ¾Ð²Ñ ÐºÐ¸Ð¹
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(МХРТ), Moskovskiy Hudojestvenny Akademicheskiy Teatr (МHРТ))
is a theatre company in Moscow. It was founded in 1898 by the seminal
Russian theatre practitioner Konstantin Stanislavski, together with
the playwright and director Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko. It was
conceived as a venue for naturalistic theatre, in contrast to the
melodramas that were Russia's dominant form of theatre at the time.
The theatre, the first to regularly put on shows implementing
Stanislavski's system, proved hugely influential in the acting world
and in the development of modern American theatre and drama.At the end
of the 19th-century, Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko both wanted
to reform Russian theatre to high-quality art that was available to
the general public. They set about creating a private theatre over
which they had total control (as opposed to trying to reform the
government-operated Maly Theatre, a move which would have given them
far less artistic freedom). On 22 June 1897, the two men met for the
first time at the Slavyanski Bazar for a lunch that started at 2 PM
and did not end until 8 AM the next morning. While Stanislavski’s
approach to theatre revolved around the acting process, Nemirovich was
far more concerned with the literary, intellectual angle.Their
differences proved to be complementary, and they agreed to initially
divide power over the theatre, with Nemirovich in charge of the
literary decisions and Stanislavski in charge of all production
decisions. Stanislavski interviewed all his actors, making sure they
were hard working and devoted as well as talented. He made them live
together in common housing for months at a time to foster community
and trust, which he believed would raise the quality of their
performances. Stanislavski's system, in which he trained actors via
the acting studios he founded as part of the theatre, became central
to every production the theatre put on. The system played a huge
influence in the development of method acting.Stanislavski and
Danchenko’s initial goal of having an “open theatre,†one that
anyone could afford to attend, was quickly destroyed when they could
neither obtain adequate funding from private investors, nor from the
Moscow City Council.
Ð¥ÑƒÐ´Ð¾Ð¶ÐµÑ Ñ‚Ð²ÐµÐ½Ð½Ñ‹Ð¹ Ð°ÐºÐ°Ð´ÐµÐ¼Ð¸Ñ‡ÐµÑ ÐºÐ¸Ð¹ театр
(МХРТ), Moskovskiy Hudojestvenny Akademicheskiy Teatr (МHРТ))
is a theatre company in Moscow. It was founded in 1898 by the seminal
Russian theatre practitioner Konstantin Stanislavski, together with
the playwright and director Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko. It was
conceived as a venue for naturalistic theatre, in contrast to the
melodramas that were Russia's dominant form of theatre at the time.
The theatre, the first to regularly put on shows implementing
Stanislavski's system, proved hugely influential in the acting world
and in the development of modern American theatre and drama.At the end
of the 19th-century, Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko both wanted
to reform Russian theatre to high-quality art that was available to
the general public. They set about creating a private theatre over
which they had total control (as opposed to trying to reform the
government-operated Maly Theatre, a move which would have given them
far less artistic freedom). On 22 June 1897, the two men met for the
first time at the Slavyanski Bazar for a lunch that started at 2 PM
and did not end until 8 AM the next morning. While Stanislavski’s
approach to theatre revolved around the acting process, Nemirovich was
far more concerned with the literary, intellectual angle.Their
differences proved to be complementary, and they agreed to initially
divide power over the theatre, with Nemirovich in charge of the
literary decisions and Stanislavski in charge of all production
decisions. Stanislavski interviewed all his actors, making sure they
were hard working and devoted as well as talented. He made them live
together in common housing for months at a time to foster community
and trust, which he believed would raise the quality of their
performances. Stanislavski's system, in which he trained actors via
the acting studios he founded as part of the theatre, became central
to every production the theatre put on. The system played a huge
influence in the development of method acting.Stanislavski and
Danchenko’s initial goal of having an “open theatre,†one that
anyone could afford to attend, was quickly destroyed when they could
neither obtain adequate funding from private investors, nor from the
Moscow City Council.
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