The State Dramatic Theatre on Liteyny Avenue (Государственный драматический Театр на Литейном) is a theatre at 51 Liteyny Avenue, Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was founded in 1909. [1] Konstantin Tverskoy worked at the Liteinyi Theatre as director, [2] Savely Schleifer (1881–1943) as designer. [3] The Narodnaia Komedia (January 1920) took up Meyerhold's experiments from the Liteyni and Hermitage Theatre. [4] The theatre produced many unusual offerings. In 1909 the Japanese play Terakoya was presented. [5] Boris Romanov (1891-1957) choreographed the cabaret The Goatlegged, [6] [7] and Arkady Averchenko contributed sketches and vaudevilles. [8]
In 1993 the Liteinyi's theatre troupe toured America with a production of George Bernard Shaw's Great Catherine in Russian. [9]
59°56′14″N 30°20′50″E / 59.9372°N 30.3471°E
The State Dramatic Theatre on Liteyny Avenue (Государственный драматический Театр на Литейном) is a theatre at 51 Liteyny Avenue, Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was founded in 1909. [1] Konstantin Tverskoy worked at the Liteinyi Theatre as director, [2] Savely Schleifer (1881–1943) as designer. [3] The Narodnaia Komedia (January 1920) took up Meyerhold's experiments from the Liteyni and Hermitage Theatre. [4] The theatre produced many unusual offerings. In 1909 the Japanese play Terakoya was presented. [5] Boris Romanov (1891-1957) choreographed the cabaret The Goatlegged, [6] [7] and Arkady Averchenko contributed sketches and vaudevilles. [8]
In 1993 the Liteinyi's theatre troupe toured America with a production of George Bernard Shaw's Great Catherine in Russian. [9]
59°56′14″N 30°20′50″E / 59.9372°N 30.3471°E