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1874, Jan.28(Feb. 10)
Born in Penza, middle Russia, to family of German Descent
1896 - 1898
Attends Drama classes of Moscow Philharmonic Society
1898 - 1902
Performs at Moscow Art Theatre (Founding Member)
1902 - 1905
Performs with New Drama Touring Company, Kherson, Tiflis
1905, May to Nov.
Works at Moscow Art Theatre Studio at Povarskaya St.
Directs Death of Tintagile by Maeterlynck; Schluck and Jau by Hauptmann
1905, Dec - 1906, …
Performances at New Drama Company, Tiflis, Rostov, Poltava
1906 - 1907
Joins Vera Komissarzhevskaya's Theatre, St.Petersburg:
Hedda Gabler by Ibsen
Sister Beatrice by Maeterlynck
The Fair Ground Booth by Blok
Life of a Man by Andreyev
1908 - 1918
Productions directed at Emperor's Theatres and in
Studio Theatres, St.Petersburg
(opening nights dates are listed below)
1909, Oct. 30
Tristan and Isolde by Wagner At Mariinsky Theatre
1910, Mar. 10
Tantris the Fool by Hardt
1910, Oct. 12
The Scarf of Columbine by Schnitzler at Interlude House
1910, Nov. 11
Don Juan by Moliere at Alexandrinsky Theatre
1911, Jan 6
Boris Godunov by Mussorgsky at Mariinsky theatre
1911, Dec. 21
Orpheus by Gluck at Mariinsky Theatre
1913, Feb. 18 Electra by Strauss at Mariinsky Theatre
1913,June11
La Pisanella by D'Annunzio at Châtelet Théâtre, Paris, France
1914, Apr. 7
The Unknown Lady by Blok at Borodinskaia St. Studio, St.Petersburg
1914, Apr. 7
The Fair Ground Booth by Blok at Borodinskaia St. Studio
1915, Feb. 12
A show of Vs.Meyerhold's Borodinskaia St. Studio
1915, Apr. 23
The Constant Prince by Calderon at Alexandrinsky Theatre
1916, Jan. 12
Acting and directing in Portrait of Dorian Gray by Wilde -- a film at Thiemann and Reinhardt Film Co., Moscow (date of premiere listed)
1916, Jan. 9
The Storm by Ostrovsky at Alexandrinsky Theatre
1916 , Apr. 18
The Scarf of Columbine by Schnitzler at The Comedians' Rest Theatre
1917, Jan. 25
Krechinsky's Wedding by Sukhovo-Kobylin at Alexandrinsky Theatre
1917, Jan. 27
The Stone Guest by Dargomyzhsky at Mariinsky theatre
1917, Feb. 25
Masquerade by Lermontov at Alexandrinsky Theatre
1917, Aug. 30
The Case by Sukhovo-Kobylin at Alexandrinsky Theatre
1917, Oct. 23
Tarelkin's Death by Sukhovo-Kobylin at Alexandrinsky Theatre
1917, Dec. 12
The Snow Maiden by Rimsky-Korsakov at Mariinsky Theatre
1918, Aug. 4
Peter the Baker by Tolstoi at Alexandrinsky Theatre
1918, May 30
The Nightingale by Stravinsky at Mariinsky Theatre
1918, Nov. 7
Mystery-Bouffe by Mayakovsky at Musical Drama Theatre in Petrograd
1920-1939
Productions directed at RSFSR First Theatre in Moscow
(opening nights dates are listed below)
1920, Nov. 7
The Dawns by Verhaeren
1921, May 1
Mystery-Bouffe by Mayakovsky
1921 - 1922 Developed Theory and Teaching Practice of Biomechanics
1922, Apr. 20
Nora or A Doll's House by Ibsen at Actor's Theatre, Moscow
1922, Apr. 25
The Magnanimous Cuckold by Crommelynck at Actor's Theatre
1922, Nov. 24
Tarelkin's Death by Sukhovo-Kobylin at GITIS Theatre, Moscow
1923 - 1938
Productions Directed at Meyerhold Theatre, Moscow
1923, Mar. 4
Earth Rampant by Tretyakov
1923, May 15
A Lucrative Post by Ostrovsky at Revolution Theatre, Moscow
1923, Nov. 7
Lake Lyul by Faiko
1924, Jan. 19
The Forest by Ostrovsky
1924, Jun. 15
D.E. by Ehrenburg, Podgaetsky et. al.
1925, Jan. 29
Bubus the Teacher by Faiko
1925, Apr. 20
The Mandate by Erdman
1926, Jan, 23
Contributed to Roar, China by Tretyakovneral
1926, Dec. 12
The Government Inspector by Gogol
1927-28
Rehearsals of Tretyakov's I Want a Child (uncompleted)
1928
Actor (Senator) in the film White Eagle
1928, Mar. 12 Woe to Wit by Griboedov
1929, Feb. 13 The Bedbug by Mayakovsky
1929, Dec. 24 Commander of the Second Army by Selvinsky
1930, Mar.16 The Bathhouse by Mayakovsky
1930, June
Guest Tours to Berlin and Paris
1931, Feb. 7
The Last Decisive Battle by Vishnevsky
1931, Jun. 4
A List of Assets by Olesha
1933, Jan.28
Prelude by Yu German
1933, Apr. 14
Krechinsky's Wedding by Sukhovo-Kobylin
1934, Mar. 19
Lady of the Camellias by Dumas (fils)
1935, Jan. 25
Queen of Spades by Tchaikovsky at Maly Opera Theatre, St.Petersburg
1935, Mar. 25
33 Fainting Fits by Chekhov
1938, Jan. 7
Meyerhold Theatre closed
1938 - 1939 Works at Stanislavsky Opera Studio
1939, June 13
Participated in All-Union Conference of Theatre Directors , Moscow
1939, June 20
Arrested, Leningrad
1939, July 14
Zinaida Raikh assassinated, Moscow
1940, Feb. 2
Meyerhold executed in prison, Moscow
1955, Nov 26
Meyerhold's official rehabilitation process begins
1990, Nov.
Official decision to open a museum at Meyerhold's apartment, Moscow
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