Georgy Alexandrovich Tovstonogov

Georgy Alexandrovich Tovstonogov (Russian: Георгий Александрович Товстоногов, September 28 N.S. 1915 - May 23, 1989) was a Russian theatre director, the leader of Saint Petersburg Bolshoi Academic Theatre of Drama (formerly Gorky Theater), which now bears his name. September 28 is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years). ... In Britain and countries of the British Empire, Old Style or O.S. after a date means that the date is in the Julian calendar, in use in those countries until 1752; New Style or N.S. means that the date is in the Gregorian calendar, adopted on 14 September... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland...

Biography

Georgy Tovstinogov was born in Tbilisi (currently Georgia) on September 28, 1915. View of Tiflis from the Grounds of Saint David Church, ca. ... September 28 is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years). ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1938 he graduated from State Institute of Theatrical Art in Moscow. In 1938-1946 worked as a director in Tbilisi Griboedov Theater, in 1946-1949 in Central Children's Theater in Moscow, 1950-1956 Leningrad Leninsky Komsomol Theater, since 1956 until his death in 1989 in Bolshoi Academic Gorky Theater.He was a Professor of Leningrad Institute for Theatre, Music and Cinema since 1960. In 1957 he became People's Artist of the USSR,he won Stalin Prize thrice (1950,1952, 1956), got two Order of Lenins and many other Soviet awards. On May 23, 1989 Tovtonogov died of heart attack in his car returning home after general rehearsal of his new production The Visit by Friedrich Dürrenmatt. 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA:   listen?) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Maria Yermolova, first Peoples Artist of the Republic (1920). ... The USSR State Prize (Russian:Госуда́рственная пре́мия СССР) was the Soviet Unions highest civilian honour. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Order of Lenin (ru: Орден Ленина), named after the leader of the Russian Revolution, was the second highest national order of the Soviet Union (Highest was the Order of Victory). ... May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ... The Visit is the title of various English translations of Friedrich Dürrenmatts play Der Besuch der alten Dame (literally, The Visit of the Old Lady). It is probably the most well-known of his work, at least in the English-speaking world. ... Friedrich Dürrenmatt (January 5, 1921 – December 14, 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist. ...

Main Works

Tovstonogov was the first who returned Fedor Dostoevsky into Soviet theater, by his productions of The Insulted and Humiliated (1956 in Leningrad Leninsky Komsomol Theater) and The Idiot (1957 in Gorky Theater). Fyodor Dostoevsky. ... The Insulted and Humiliated (also known as The Insulted and the Injured) is a novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky, first published in 1861, is a book about the huge contradictions present in life. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pevear and Volokhonsky translation of The Idiot The Idiot is a novel written by the Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky in 1869. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Among other famous performances are:

• The Three Sisters 1965 and Uncle Vanya (1982) by Anton Chekhov
• Five evenings 1958 and My big sister 1961 by Alexander Volodin
• Irkusk Story by A. N. Arbuzov 1960
• Wit Works Woe 1962 by Alexander Griboedov
• Barbarians (1959) and Meschane (1966) by Maxim Gorky
• Once again about Love (1964) by Edvard Radzinsky
• Henry IV (1969) by William Shakespeare
• Revisor by Nikolay Gogol (1972)
• Last summer in Chulimsk by Alexander Vampilov (1974)
• Energetic people by Vasily Shukshin (1974)
• History of a Horse after Leo Tolstoy's Kholstomer (1975)

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During his prime Tovstonogov was considered one the best theatre directors of Europe. The prominent members of his troupe include Alice Freindlich, Zinaida Sharko, Lyudmila Makarova, Tatiana Doronina, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Kirill Lavrov, Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Pavel Luspekaev, Efim Kopelyan, Sergey Yursky, Vladislav Strzhelchik, Еvgeny Lebedev, and Oleg Basilashvili. Smoktunovsky as Hamlet in the 1966 movie. ...

External links

• Biography - in Russian
• Biography - in Russian