Sovremennik Theatre
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Moscow Sovremennik Theatre (Russian: Московский театр «Современник») is a theatre company in Moscow founded in 1956. "Sovremennik" means "Contemporary".
History
Sovremennik Theatre was founded by a group of young Soviet actors during Khrushchev Thaw. Among the founders, all of whom graduated from Moscow Art Theatre School-Studio, were Oleg Yefremov, Galina Volchek, Igor Kvasha, Liliya Tolmachyova, Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev and Oleg Tabakov. The debut production was Victor Rozov's play Forever Alive. Theatre's first artistic director, Oleg Yefremov, left in 1970. Since then the theatre is led by Galina Volchek.
Actors
- Georgi Burkov (1970—1971)
- Oleg Dahl (1968—1971, 1972—1975)
- Leonid Filatov (1985–1987)
- Valentin Gaft (1969-current)
- Lyudmila Gurchenko (1964—1966)
- Igor Kvasha (1957-current)
- Andrey Myagkov (1965–1977)
- Marina Neyolova (1974-current)
- Viktor Pavlov (1962–1965)
- Oleg Tabakov (1957—1983)
- Anastasiya Vertinskaya (1968–1980)
- Galina Volchek (1956-current)
- Oleg Yefremov (1956—1970)
- Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev (1956—1992)
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Coordinates: 55°45′42″N 37°38′45″E / 55.76167°N 37.64583°E
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