Chuvash State Drama K. Ivanov's Theatre (, ) is a theatre located in

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History

The Chuvash State Drama Theatre was founded in

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in 1918 by theatre director Ioakim Stepanovič Maksimov-Koškinskij. In 1920, the theatre company moved to

and began showing plays of Chuvash playwrights and translations of Russian classics. Performances played in the Chuvash language. PN Osipov served as theatre director from 1927 to 1939. Original art by theatre artists grew stronger from year to year. During this period, the theater collaborated with the best Chuvash playwrights, among them F. Pavlov, I. Maximov-Koshkinsky, N. Iseman, M. Trubina, Agachi L., A. Eskhel A. Colgan, J. Ukhsay, V. Alager, L. Rodionov, V. Ukhli, N. Terentiev. In 1933, the theatre was awarded the title of Academic, and in 1959 it received the name of classic poetry Chuvash Ivanov. In 1947, the theatre came GITIS's graduates (Chuvash studio, Tarkhanov's course). The theatre won the

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in 2003.

Theatre today

Now the theatre performs works by foreign playwrights: D.Marotta and B.Randone, Zh.Anuya; Russian - Ostrovsky, Alexander Pushkin, Roshchina, V.Rozova, S. Prokopieva and Tokmakova A. Larevo; Chuvash - N.Sidorova, N. Ugarina A. Chebanova, G.Medvedeva.

Actors and actresses

*Kuz’mina, Vera Kuz’minična *Jakovleva, Nina Mihajlovna *Kirillova, Nadežda Mefod’evna *Andreev, Arkadij Alekseevič *Jakovlev, Valerij Nikolaevič *Ver’jalova, Irina Vasil’evna *Demidov, Aleksandr Oskarovič *Dimitriev, Arsentij Valerianovič *Grigor’eva, Nina Il’inična *Zubkova, Nadežda Alekseevna

Awards

* February 21, 2008 – Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation * December 29, 1977 –

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Literature

* Романова Фаина Александровна. Театр, любимый народом : Очерки истории Чуваш. гос. акад. драм. театра им. К. В. Иванова (1918–1988) / Ф. Романова; НИИ яз., лит., истории и экономики при Совете Министров Чуваш. АССР. — 261 С., 6л. ил. 22 см. — 2-е изд., перераб. и доп. — Чебоксары: Чуваш. кн. изд-во, 1988. * Вдовцева Людмила Пахомовна. Талант - всегда загадка : �черки о А. А. Дуняке, В. И. Родионове и В. Н. Яковлеве/ Л. П. Вдовцева. - Чебоксары : Чувашское книжное издательство, 1984. - 94 с. : портр. - Библиогр. в примеч.

References

External links

Official site

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