REŽISÉR JURIJ ĽUBIMOV, LEGENDA RUSKEJ KULTÚRY
DIRECTOR YURI LJUBIMOV, A LEGEND OF RUSSIAN CULTURE

Summary/Abstract: The theatre director Yuri Ljubimov (1917 – 2014) entered the annals of Russian and world theatre as the founder of the legendary Taganka Theatre in Moscow. In 1964 – 1984 the Taganka Theatre was the most famous theatre of the end of the Soviet era. Yuri Ljubimov took inspiration from Stanislavski, Meyerhold and Vakhtangov and enriched the Russian theatrical tradition with impulses from Bertolt Brecht. He created a modern theatre with a distinct civic attitude, untraditional repertoire and excellent acting company. The Taganka Theatre was considered “an island of freedom” in the sea of Soviet bans and restrictions. The history of the theatre mirrors the history of the Soviet Union from the political thaw to perestroika. The present article describes the life and work of the director Yuri Ljubimov, the fate of the Taganka Theatre and the director’s conflict with it. It points out the role of Ljubimov’s long-term partner, the famous Russian film star Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, in the existence and formation of the Taganka Theatre’s repertoire

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