Taganka Theatre (Russian: Театр на Таганке, Театр
драмы и комедии на Таганке, «Таганка»)
is a theater located in the Art Nouveau building on Taganka Square in
Moscow.The Drama and Comedy Theater was founded in 1946. The head
director was Aleksandr Plotnikov and the actors came from various
Moscow theater schools and provincial theaters. By 1960s the theater's
attendance was at its lowest and in January 1964 Plotnikov resigned.
In his place came Yuri Lyubimov, then an actor at Vakhtangov theater
who brought with him his own students from Shchukin Theater
School.Under Lyubimov, the theatre quickly shot to popularity in
Moscow, with Vladimir Vysotsky, Zinaida Slavina and Alla Demidova as
the leading actors. Other notable members of Lyubimov's troupe have
been Valery Zolotukhin, Veniamin Smekhov, and Leonid Filatov. Nikolai
Erdman (famous for his work with Vsevolod Meyerhold in the 1920s) was
responsible for the theatre's repertoire. As an artistic director
Lyubimov continued the traditions of his alma mater, the Vakhtangov
Theatre, while also exploring the possibilities of Bertolt Brecht's
"epic theatre".The theatre had been deep in trouble with Soviet
authorities, who banned many of Lyubimov's productions, and eventually
in 1984 the director was stripped of his Soviet citizenship while
working on a stage production in England and thus forced to stay in
exile in the West.
драмы и комедии на Таганке, «Таганка»)
is a theater located in the Art Nouveau building on Taganka Square in
Moscow.The Drama and Comedy Theater was founded in 1946. The head
director was Aleksandr Plotnikov and the actors came from various
Moscow theater schools and provincial theaters. By 1960s the theater's
attendance was at its lowest and in January 1964 Plotnikov resigned.
In his place came Yuri Lyubimov, then an actor at Vakhtangov theater
who brought with him his own students from Shchukin Theater
School.Under Lyubimov, the theatre quickly shot to popularity in
Moscow, with Vladimir Vysotsky, Zinaida Slavina and Alla Demidova as
the leading actors. Other notable members of Lyubimov's troupe have
been Valery Zolotukhin, Veniamin Smekhov, and Leonid Filatov. Nikolai
Erdman (famous for his work with Vsevolod Meyerhold in the 1920s) was
responsible for the theatre's repertoire. As an artistic director
Lyubimov continued the traditions of his alma mater, the Vakhtangov
Theatre, while also exploring the possibilities of Bertolt Brecht's
"epic theatre".The theatre had been deep in trouble with Soviet
authorities, who banned many of Lyubimov's productions, and eventually
in 1984 the director was stripped of his Soviet citizenship while
working on a stage production in England and thus forced to stay in
exile in the West.
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