The State Dramatic Theatre on Liteyny Avenue (Государственный драматический Театр на Литейном) is a theatre at 51
Liteyny Avenue,
Saint Petersburg,
Russia. It was founded in 1909.
Konstantin Tverskoy
The first name Konstantin () is a derivation from the Latin name ''Constantinus'' (Constantine) in some European languages, such as Russian and German. As a Christian given name, it refers to the memory of the Roman emperor Constantine the Grea ...
worked at the Liteinyi Theatre as director,
Savely Schleifer Savely, Saveli or Saveliy (russian: Савелий) is a Russian masculine given name. Its shortened versions include Savel and Sava. It may refer to:
*Saveli Chitanava, Chairman of the State Committee for Ecology and the Environment of Abkhazia
...
(1881–1943) as designer. The
Narodnaia Komedia (January 1920) took up
Meyerhold's experiments from the Liteyni and
Hermitage Theatre. The theatre produced many unusual offerings. In 1909 the Japanese play Terakoya was presented.
Boris Romanov (1891-1957) choreographed the cabaret The Goatlegged, and
Arkady Averchenko contributed sketches and vaudevilles.
In 1993 the Liteinyi's theatre troupe toured America with a production of
George Bernard Shaw's ''Great Catherine'' in Russian.
[''A window on Russia: papers from the V International Conference of ...'' Volume 1994 Study Group on Eighteenth-Century Russia. International Conference, Maria Di Salvo, Lindsey Hughes - 1996 "... the latter in Russian by Petersburg's Na Liteinom troupe directed by Gennadij Trostianetskii."]
References
Theatres in Saint Petersburg
Cultural heritage monuments in Saint Petersburg
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