Chuvash State Academic Drama Theatre


Chuvash State Drama K. Ivanov's Theatre is a theatre located in Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, Russia. The group combines traditional European and national styles.
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History

The Chuvash State Drama Theatre was founded in Kazan in 1918 by theatre director Ioakim Stepanovič Maksimov-Koškinskij.
In 1920, the theatre company moved to Cheboksary 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.
The theatre won the State Prize of the Russian Federation 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

Literature

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  • Вдовцева Людмила Пахомовна. Талант - всегда загадка : / Л. П. Вдовцева. - Чебоксары : Чувашское книжное издательство, 1984. - 94 с. : портр. - Библиогр. в примеч.