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Griboyedov Prize
The Griboyedov Prize (russian: Грибоедовская премия) was a Russian literary award established in 1878 by the Society of Russian Dramatists and Opera Composers to honor Alexander Griboyedov. The opening ceremony was held on 11 February (old style: 30 January), on the anniversary of the great Russian playwright's death. The prize, collected through private donations, was awarded to the best play of the year, produced in Saint Petersburg and Moscow by either Imperial Theatres or their private counterparts. Despite of the fact that the Prize was launched in 1878, it was first awarded in 1883. Laureates * 1882/1883 — Alexander Ostrovsky, ''The Handsome Man'' * 1883/1884 — Nikolai Chayev, ''The Tsar and the Grand Prince of Rus Vasily Ivanovich Shuysky'' * 1884/1885 — Alexander Ostrovsky, ''Not of This World'' * 1885/1886 — Pyotr Nevezhin, ''Childhood Friend'' * 1886/1887 — Vladimir Tikhonov, ''The Ace'' * 1887/1888 — Pyotr Nevezhin, ''Second Youth'' * 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Society Of Russian Dramatists And Opera Composers
The Society of Russian Dramatists and Opera Composers (russian: Общество русских драматических писателей и оперных композиторов) was an organisation launched in 1874 in Moscow with a view to defending the rights of the authors of music and drama in Russia.Lokhova, NatalyaNot So Much to Guard As to Direct // Не столько охранять, сколько управлять. Пчела #43 (август-октябрь 2003) History The Assembly of Russian Writers, as it was originally called, was founded on 28 November 1870 by a group of authors who gathered at the place of the translator Vladimir Rodislavsky, initially to find the means for preventing works from being produced on theatre stage without their authors' permission. By the time it was launched officially on 21 October 1874, the organisation included 81 members, among them Alexander Ostrovsky, A.K. Tolstoy, Nikolai Nekrasov, Nikolai Leskov, Mikhail Saltykov-Shch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Yuzhin
Alexander Ivanovich Yuzhin (russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Ю́жин; 1857–1927) was a stage name of the Georgian Prince Sumbatov (Sumbatashvili), who dominated the Malyi Theatre of Moscow at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. He was best known for the Romantical parts in the dramas by Schiller and Victor Hugo but also penned a number of plays himself. Yuzhin lived on to become one of the first People's Artists of the Republic in 1922. He was a freemason. Initiated to February 17, 1908 in the masonic lodge "Renaissance" (Grand Orient of France The Grand Orient de France (GODF) is the oldest and largest of several Freemasonic organizations based in France and is the oldest in Continental Europe (as it was formed out of an older Grand Lodge of France in 1773, and briefly absorbed the r ...).Серков А. И. Русское масонство. 1731—2000 гг. Энциклопедический словарь. М.: Российская пол ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Volkenstein
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Volkenstein (Владимир Михайлович Волькенштейн, born 15 October 1883, died 30 November 1974), was a Russian Empire and Soviet playwright, theatre and literary critic, poet and reader in drama. A Saint Petersburg University's Law faculty graduate, Volkenstein started out as a poet. He debuted as a playwright in 1907, when fragments of his play ''Ivan Doctors'' appeared in the ''Shipovnik'' (Wild Roses) almanac. In 1911 Stanislavski invited him to Moscow Art Theatre, where he worked until 1921, first as a secretary, later a literary consultant. Volkenstein's first major success came with the play ''Kaliki perekhozhiye'' (Wanderers). It was produced by the MAT's First Studio and earned him the Griboyedov Prize in 1914. It was followed by ''Herod and Marianna'' (1916), ''Paganini'' (1920), ''The Experience of Mr. Webb'' (Опыт мистера Вебба, produced by the Moscow Korsh Theatre, 1918-1922), ''Spartak'' ( Moscow Revolu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik
Tatiana Lvovna Shchepkina-Kupernik (russian: Татья́на Льво́вна Ще́пкина-Купе́рник, in Moscow, Russian Empire – July 27, 1952 in Moscow, USSR) was a Russian and Soviet writer, dramatist, poet and translator. Biography Born in the family of Kiev advocate Lev Kupernik, Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik was a granddaughter of famous Russian actor Mikhail Shchepkin and Elena Dmitrievna who was a Turkish captive during the Siege of Anapa. She graduated from the Kiev Gymnasium. In her twelfth year Shchepkina wrote a poem in honour of her grandfather. In 1892 Moscow Maly Theater staged her play called ''Summer picture''. In the 1892–1893 theatrical season Shchepkina played in the Korsh Theater. Shchepkina worked with several Russian periodicals - ''Artist'', ''Russian Vedomosti'', ''Russian Idea'', ''Northern Courier'', ''New Time'', using different literary styles. In 1895-1915 she wrote a number of prose and poetry collections. Her poem ''At Homeland' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgeny Chirikov
Evgeny Nikolayevich Chirikov (russian: Евге́ний Никола́евич Чи́риков; 5 August 1864 – 18 January 1932), was a Russian novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, and publicist. Biography Chirikov was born in Kazan into a gentry family. His father, a former office in the Imperial Russian Army, was a policeman. He studied mathematics at Kazan University, and became interested in populist ideas, joining revolutionary student circles and an early Marxist group founded in Kazan by N. E. Fedoseyev. He was expelled in 1887 for taking part in student demonstrations, and exiled to Nizhni Novgorod. He was arrested in January 1888 for writing and publicly performing an antimonarchist poem, and in 1892 for his involvement in a group of young followers of Narodnaya Volya. He lived in several cities during this time, always under police surveillance. His first articles appeared in the Kazan newspaper ''Volga Herald'' in 1885. He published his first story '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evtikhy Karpov
Evtikhy Pavlovich Karpov (russian: Евтихий Павлович Карпов, 6 November 1857, – 3 January 1926) was a Russian and Soviet playwright and theatre director. Biography Born in Karachev into a postmaster's family, Karpov graduated from the Institute of Agriculture and Geodesy in Konstantinovsk. He became a member of ''Narodnaya Volya'' first in Bryansk, then in Oryol and Moscow, and was jailed in the early 1880s. It was in prison that he in 1881 wrote his first play ''Hard Life'' (Тяжкая доля) which was followed by ''On the Zemstvo Fields'', ''Ruins of the Past, Free Life'', all written in Oryol. In 1887 Karpov moved to Yaroslavl where he debuted first as a stage actor and then, in 1889, as a theatre director. In 1893 his play ''Early Autumn'' (Ранняя осень) was staged by the Alexandrinsky Theatre, featuring Maria Savina. In 1896 Karpov became the head of Alexandrinka where he directed and produced Chekhov's ''The Seagull'' (with Vera Komissar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Life Of Man
''The Life of Man'' (russian: Жизнь человека, translit=Zhizn cheloveka) is a five-act symbolist drama by Leonid Andreyev. Written in the September 1906, it premiered on 22 February 1907 in the Komissarzhevskaya Theatre, directed by Vsevolod Meyerkhold. On 12 December 1907 it was performed for the first time in the Moscow Art Theatre, directed by Konstantin Stanislavski and Leopold Sulerzhitsky.Arabazhin, K.AЛеонидъ Андреевъ. Итоги творчества. Литературно-критическій этюдъ Leonid Andreyev, the Summary. Obshchestvennaya Polza Publishers. Saint Petersburg, 1910 // Типографія т-ва "Общественная Польза", В. Подъяч., 39. 1910. An allegorical play, stylized to some extent after Maeterlinck's 'static' plays, it is recognized now as a dramatic summary of several important short stories and novellas by Andreyev of the 1903-1906 period ("The Wall", "The Thought", "The Life of Vasily F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonid Andreyev
Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev (russian: Леони́д Никола́евич Андре́ев, – 12 September 1919) was a Russian playwright, novelist and short-story writer, who is considered to be a father of Expressionism in Russian literature. He is regarded as one of the most talented and prolific representatives of the Silver Age period. Andreyev's style combines elements of realist, naturalist, and symbolist schools in literature. Of his 25 plays, his 1915 play ''He Who Gets Slapped'' is regarded as his finest achievement. Biography Born in Oryol, Russia, to a middle-class family, Andreyev originally studied law in Moscow and in Saint Petersburg. His mother hailed from an old Polish aristocratic, though impoverished, family, while she also claimed Ukrainian and Finnish ancestry. He became a police-court reporter for a Moscow daily, performing the routine of his humble calling without attracting any particular attention. At this time he wrote poetry and made a fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cherry Orchard
''The Cherry Orchard'' (russian: Вишнёвый сад, translit=Vishnyovyi sad) is the last play by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Written in 1903, it was first published by ''Znaniye'' (Book Two, 1904), and came out as a separate edition later that year in Saint Petersburg, via A.F. Marks Publishers.Commentaries to Вишневый сад The Complete Chekhov in 30 Volumes. Vol. 13. // Чехов А. П. Вишневый сад: Комедия в 4-х действиях // Чехов А. П. Полное собрание сочинений и писем: В 30 т. Сочинения: В 18 т. / АН СССР. Ин-т мировой лит. им. А. М. Горького. — М.: Наука, 1974—1982. Т. 13. Пьесы. 1895—1904. — М.: Наука, 1978. — С. 195—254. It opened ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lower Depths
''The Lower Depths'' (russian: На дне, translit=Na dne, literally: ''At the bottom'') is a play by Russian dramatist Maxim Gorky written in 1902 and produced by the Moscow Arts Theatre on December 18, 1902 under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski. It became his first major success, and a hallmark of Russian social realism. The play depicts a group of impoverished Russians living in a shelter near the Volga. When it first appeared, ''The Lower Depths'' was criticized for its pessimism and ambiguous ethical message. The presentation of the lower classes was viewed as overly dark and unredemptive, and Gorky was clearly more interested in creating memorable characters than in advancing a formal plot. However, in this respect, the play is generally regarded as a masterwork. The theme of harsh truth versus the comforting lie pervades the play from start to finish, as most of the characters choose to deceive themselves over the bleak reality of their condition. Characters * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Naydyonov
Sergey Alexandrovich Alexeyev (russian: Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Алексе́ев, 26 September 1868, Kazan, Imperial Russia, — 5 December 1922, Yalta, Soviet Russia) was a Russian playwright, better known under his pen name Naydyonov (Найдёнов), another one being Rogozhin (Рогожин). His debut play, the semi-autobiographical ''Vanyushin's Children'' (Deti Vanyushina, Дети Ванюшина, 1901) proved to be his most famous one and is considered part of the classic Russian drama legacy. It earned him the Griboyedov Prize which he shared that year with Maxim Gorky (''The Philistines'') and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko (''In Dreams''). His other notable plays include ''The Life of Avdotya'' (Avdotyina zhizn, Авдотьина жизнь, 1904), praised by Maxim Gorky and ''Walls'' (Steny, Стены, 1907). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxim Gorky
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and socialist political thinker and proponent. He was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Before his success as an author, he travelled widely across the Russian Empire changing jobs frequently, experiences which would later influence his writing. Gorky's most famous works are his early short stories, written in the 1890s (" Chelkash", " Old Izergil", and " Twenty-Six Men and a Girl"); plays '' The Philistines'' (1901), '' The Lower Depths'' (1902) and '' Children of the Sun'' (1905); a poem, " The Song of the Stormy Petrel" (1901); his autobiographical trilogy, '' My Childhood, In the World, My Universities'' (1913–1923); and a novel, ''Mother'' (1906). Gorky himself judged some of these works as failures, and ''Mother'' has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
