Sovremennik Theatre
Encyclopedia
Moscow Sovremennik Theatre is a theatre company in Moscow
founded in 1956. "Sovremennik" means "Contemporary".
. Among the founders, all of whom graduated from Moscow Art Theatre
School-Studio, were Oleg Yefremov
, Galina Volchek, Igor Kvasha
, Liliya Tolmachyova, Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev
and Oleg Tabakov
. The debut production was Victor Rozov's play Forever Alive. Theatre's first artisic director, Oleg Yefremov
, left in 1970. Since then the theatre is led by Galina Volchek.
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
founded in 1956. "Sovremennik" means "Contemporary".
History
Sovremennik Theatre was founded by a group of young Soviet actors during Khrushchev ThawKhrushchev Thaw
The Khrushchev Thaw refers to the period from the mid 1950s to the early 1960s, when repression and censorship in the Soviet Union were partially reversed and millions of Soviet political prisoners were released from Gulag labor camps, due to Nikita Khrushchev's policies of de-Stalinization and...
. Among the founders, all of whom graduated from Moscow Art Theatre
Moscow Art Theatre
The Moscow Art Theatre is a theatre company in Moscow that the seminal Russian theatre practitioner Constantin Stanislavski, together with the playwright and director Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, founded in 1898. It was conceived as a venue for naturalistic theatre, in contrast to the melodramas...
School-Studio, were Oleg Yefremov
Oleg Yefremov
Oleg Nikolayevich Yefremov was a Soviet/Russian actor and Moscow Art Theatre producer. People's Artist of the USSR , Hero of Socialist Labour ....
, Galina Volchek, Igor Kvasha
Igor Kvasha
Igor Vladimirovich Kvasha is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He is a leading actor of Sovremennik Theater. Igor Kvasha was one Sovremennik founders along with Galina Volchek, Oleg Yefremov, Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev and Oleg Tabakov...
, Liliya Tolmachyova, Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev
Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev
Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Yevstigneyev was a prominent Soviet movie and theater actor and one of the founders of Moscow's Sovremennik Theatre. People's Artist of the USSR ....
and Oleg Tabakov
Oleg Tabakov
Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov is a Soviet and Russian actor and the artistic director of the Moscow Art Theatre.-Theatre career:...
. The debut production was Victor Rozov's play Forever Alive. Theatre's first artisic director, Oleg Yefremov
Oleg Yefremov
Oleg Nikolayevich Yefremov was a Soviet/Russian actor and Moscow Art Theatre producer. People's Artist of the USSR , Hero of Socialist Labour ....
, left in 1970. Since then the theatre is led by Galina Volchek.
Actors
- Georgi BurkovGeorgi BurkovGeorgi Ivanovich Burkov was a Soviet film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1967 and 1988. He died on July 19, 1990 at the age of 57 due to thrombosis.-Selected filmography:Actor* Liberation * Stariki-razboyniki...
(1970—1971) - Oleg Dahl (1968—1971, 1972—1975)
- Leonid FilatovLeonid FilatovLeonid Alekseyevich Filatov was a Soviet and Russian actor, director, poet, pamphleteer, who shot to fame while a member of troupe at Taganka Theatre under director Yury Lyubimov...
(1985–1987) - Valentin GaftValentin GaftValentin Yosifovich Gaft is a Russian and Soviet actor, People's Artist of Russia .-Biography:Valentin Gaft was born in Moscow to a family of a lawyer Iosif Romanovich Gaft and Gita Davydovna Gaft . The family moved to Moscow from Poltava, Ukraine...
(1969-current) - Lyudmila GurchenkoLyudmila GurchenkoLyudmila Markovna Gurchenko was a popular Soviet and Russian actress, singer and entertainer.-Biography:Lyudmila was born in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR in 1935 to Mark Gavrilovich Gurchenko and Yelena Aleksandrovna Simonova-Gurchenko . Before the World War II they lived in a single room apartment on...
(1964—1966) - Igor KvashaIgor KvashaIgor Vladimirovich Kvasha is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He is a leading actor of Sovremennik Theater. Igor Kvasha was one Sovremennik founders along with Galina Volchek, Oleg Yefremov, Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev and Oleg Tabakov...
(1957-current) - Andrey MyagkovAndrey MyagkovAndrey Vasilyevich Myagkov is a Soviet/Russian film and theater actor. He is best known for his roles in famous films directed by Eldar Ryazanov, such as The Irony of Fate , Office Romance , The Garage and A Cruel Romance .-Biography:Andrey Myagkov was born on July 8, 1938 in Leningrad, USSR...
(1965–1977) - Marina NeyolovaMarina NeyolovaMarina Neyolova is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actress. She has appeared in 37 films since 1969.-Selected filmography:* Monologue * Errors of Youth * Autumn Marathon * The Barber of Siberia...
(1974-current) - Viktor PavlovViktor PavlovViktor Pavlovich Pavlov was a Russian film and television actor.Pavlov was born in Moscow. After graduating from the M. Schepkin Theatre School, he worked in the some of the most popular theatres of Moscow:* 1963-1965 - Sovremennik Theatre...
(1962–1965) - Oleg TabakovOleg TabakovOleg Pavlovich Tabakov is a Soviet and Russian actor and the artistic director of the Moscow Art Theatre.-Theatre career:...
(1957—1983) - Anastasiya VertinskayaAnastasiya VertinskayaAnastasiya Alexandrovna Vertinskaya , a Soviet and Russian actress whose mass popularity and high critical acclaim made her one of the most distinguished figures in the history of the 20th century Soviet cinema...
(1968–1980) - Galina Volchek (1956-current)
- Oleg YefremovOleg YefremovOleg Nikolayevich Yefremov was a Soviet/Russian actor and Moscow Art Theatre producer. People's Artist of the USSR , Hero of Socialist Labour ....
(1956—1970) - Yevgeniy YevstigneyevYevgeniy YevstigneyevYevgeniy Aleksandrovich Yevstigneyev was a prominent Soviet movie and theater actor and one of the founders of Moscow's Sovremennik Theatre. People's Artist of the USSR ....
(1956—1992)