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Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater (Russian: Большой драматический театр имени Г. А. Товстоногова; literally Tovstonogov Great Drama Theater), formerly known as Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theater (Russian: Большой Драматический Театр имени Горького) (1931–1992), often ...
Спектакли БДТ в лонг-листе премии «Звезда Театрала — 2024». В лонг-листе премии зрительских симпатий «Звезда Театрала — 2024» представлены два спектакля БДТ, выпущенные в этом сезоне: «Холопы ...
Tovstonogov created performances that amazed not only the theatrical life of Leningrad, but also the whole country. Among those are “The Idiot” by Dostoevsky, “Woe from Wit” by Griboedov, “The Lower Depths” by Gorky, “The Government Inspector” by Gogol. Tovstonogov also gathered a unique troupe that became the best one in the dramatic theatre area.
The Tovstonogov Bolshoy Drama Theater on Fontanka takes its name from Georgy Tovstonogov, the theater's highly regarded director from 1956 to 1989, and is considered one of the finest theaters in Russia. Pioneered by Maxim Gorky, Maria Andreeva, Alexander Blok and Anatoly Lunacharsky after the 1917.
At the Bolshoi Drama Theater named after G.A. Tovstonogov three scenes. The main stage (750 seats) and the Small stage (120 seats) are located in a historic building at 65 Fontanka embankment. The second stage of the Bolshoi Theater (300 seats) is located at 13 Old Theater Square, in the building of the Kamennoostrovsky Theater.
The Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre, known as the BDT, originally known as the Special Drama Company, was established in autumn 1918 by the Commissar for Theatre Affairs Maria Andreyeva. The famous actor Nikolai Monakhov led the Special Drama Company, which brought together the Theater of Tragedy under the direction of Yury Yuryev and the ...
The theater was in crisis until 1956, when director Gregory Tovstonogov took leadership of the Bolshoi Academic Theatre of Drama, reintroducing Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Insulted and the Humiliated and The Idiot.
