Ekaterinburg, drama theatre: address, poster, site

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Ekaterinburg today is one of the largest cities in Russia. It owes its greatness to the Soviet period in the history of our country, during which a small county town in the Perm province turned into one of the industrial centers of the union. During the time that the settlement was listed as Sverdlovsk on the map, it also managed to become a major theater center. Today, the capital of the Urals ranks third in terms of the number of venues, second only to Moscow and, of course, St. Petersburg. According to official statistics, there are 27 theaters in the city and its own institute of this direction. At the same time, according to popular estimates, the number of stages on which various troupes play exceeds 4 dozen! The largest of them bear the title of "academic". It is believed that Yekaterinburg is the "supplier" of talents for the capital's scenes. The Drama Theater can rightly be called one of the leading institutions in this direction. Later in the article we will take a closer look at the history of this institution.

Troubled start

Yekaterinburgers have always loved performances, and the city itself was so popular with touring troupes and entreprise that in 1843 a special wooden building was built for their performances. Two years later, it was rebuilt into a stone one, and it still exists today - it houses the Oktyabr cinema. In troubled times, people are always drawn to beauty. Acquired in such a "turbulent" time his stage and Yekaterinburg. The Drama Theatre, which today is considered one of the favorite cultural places in the city, was founded in 1912. The unstable situation in the city (it was the center of the revolution in the Urals) did not greatly affect the stage, because everyone wanted spectacles. Therefore, performances were given both during the execution of the royal family (the Reds were in power), and when the All-Russian government of Admiral Kolchak occupied Yekaterinburg. The drama theater continued to work when the communists returned again. The latter, contrary to the story about their lack of spirituality, increased the number of urban scenes.

After the revolution

Industrialization and the construction boom of the 20s of the last century seriously affected many areas of the country. Thanks to the active construction of metallurgical and machine-building "giants", the entire Urals, in particular its capital, Yekaterinburg, has risen to a completely new industrial level. The Drama Theater was wanted by builders and metallurgists. Their aspirations were heard. First, in 1928-1929, the building of the now Oktyabr cinema, and then the first city theater, was chosen as his homeacting group "Red Torch". Having played the season, the troupe had already left Sverdlovsk and moved to Novosibirsk, where it remained. A year later, the new drama theater in Yekaterinburg opened its doors. The premiere performance was shown on October 2, 1930, and it was called in the spirit of the time - "The First Horse". It was staged based on a play by the revolutionary playwright Vsevolod Vishnevsky.

First shots

In the first performance, which was presented by the Drama Theater (Yekaterinburg; the photo of the institution can be seen above), the composition of the involved troupe was already solid. The status of "academic" institution acquired later, in 1977. The theater staff included such stage stars of that time as Vsevolod Georgievich Ordynsky and Mikhail Aleksandrovich Betsky. Both subsequently became Honored Artists of the RSFSR. The troupe was completed by Moritz Mironovich Schlugleit, a well-known theatrical figure and administrator, who had previously worked in the famous Moscow Korsh Theater. The presence of stars in the main cast also attracted lesser-known actors, who at that time simply did not have time, as they say now, to light up. However, not everything went smoothly. In the first season, the Drama Theater (Yekaterinburg), whose poster at that time was no less saturated than now, was not an independent unit. The institution, according to the fashion for universality and megalomania, was part of the United Spectacular Organization. In addition to him, it included the Lunacharsky Opera Theater and the newly formed Youth Theater. The enlarged entertainment enterprise was able to show its insolvency in just a year, and since 1931 the SATD has been sent tofree swimming, while changing his leadership. Schlugleit transfers his duties and powers to an equally talented successor, who was the director of the theater for the next 10 years. Thanks to his activities, the troupe was replenished with a whole galaxy of, if not great, then excellent actors, some of them received the title of People's Artists of the USSR.

Classics and revolutionaries

During the first decade of its existence, the Sverdlovsk Theater, contrary to fashion, did not succumb to innovative trends, and built its repertoire based on the school of Russian dramatic art. On the stage, at the request of the time, they gave performances dedicated to the recently past revolution. This is the already mentioned "First Cavalry", as well as "Death of the Squadron", "Love Yarovaya", "Platon Krechet". They did not forget about the classics - they staged "Woe from Wit", "The Marriage of Figaro", "Anna Karenina". The performances "Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich" and, of course, "Othello" were popular. The theater directors did not hesitate to stage modern foreign prose. Residents of Sverdlovsk were the first in the Soviet Union to see performances based on the works of Karel Chapek. In 1939, a year after the death of the Czech writer, the premiere of the fantastic drama "Mother" took place on the main stage of the capital of the Urals. The success was such that another of his plays, The Makropoulos Remedy, was staged the next season. It was about immortality.

Competition on the backgroundglobal tragedy

In 1941, the number of spectators at the Sverdlovsk Drama Theater increased dramatically. In connection with the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, many industries, enterprises and organizations were evacuated to the city. In addition to organized settlers, a mass of refugees appeared from all over the Union. It would seem that, according to the laws of the market, it should have become easier for the troupe to work - the demand for spectacles has grown many times over, in addition, there were many people of art among the "new" townspeople. However, in the theater, as well as in the country, a difficult situation has developed. In addition to the fact that the leaders were replaced every couple of years, serious competitors appeared. Among the evacuated organizations were the Moscow Art Theater and the Central Theater of the Red Army. Rivalry with Moscow stars for the hearts of the audience went with varying degrees of success. On the SADT stage, according to the dictates of the time, mainly patriotic performances were shown: "Field Marshal Kutuzov", "Front", "A guy from our city". However, again, they did not forget about the classics - they staged Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya". This performance in 1944 received the first prize at the All-Russian review.

All for the front

Sverdlovsk, which has become a very important center of mechanical engineering and metallurgy, worked, as they say, for wear and tear. His contribution to May 1945 is truly invaluable. The actors did not lag behind the working people. In addition to fairly frequent premieres and constant competition, the theater was also engaged in front-line work. During the Second World War, special concert brigades conducted a total ofadvanced for a year and a half and gave about 2,000 concerts in front of the fighters. Work was also carried out in the rear - in hospitals. Actors of the Sverdlovsk troupe took part in about 16 thousand performances for the wounded and workers of defense enterprises, held together with colleagues from other cultural institutions. Working directly in the hometown was also aimed at winning. In addition to raising the spirits of the workers of local factories, the troupe is engaged in material feeding of the "people's struggle". The actors contributed 824,000 hard-earned rubles to the defense fund. The fund for helping the children of front-line soldiers also received its share - Sverdlovsk cultural figures sent 90 thousand rubles to them.

Repertory disgrace and revolution

Any war, even a victorious one, brings changes to society. Two years after the victory, the Sverdlovsk Drama Theater, together with yesterday's competitors - the Moscow Art Theater, the Central Television Theater and other stages - falls into disgrace. In 1946, the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party adopted a resolution on the repertoire of cultural institutions and measures to improve it. Now the performances should be ideological and "virtuous", and not contain sedition, which was seen in most classical works.

As a result, the theater's repertoire policy is changing dramatically. A number of favorite performances are closing, and they are being replaced by productions based on, to put it mildly, bad plays by contemporaries, the only plus of which is following the "precepts of Ilyich". However, diamonds are also found among modern authors. A play by the author of "Kuban Cossacks", Nikolai Pogodin, "The Velvet Season" is staged for a short time. The life of the performance is short - the Soviet press did not like the production at all. Viewers also see "Girls" by the three-time winner of the Stalin Prize - Vera Pogodina. The performance was staged before the official publication of the play. Sverdlovsk actors are the first to show "The Road of the First" by Afanasy Salynsky. The Moscow Drama Theater will stage the play "Brothers" based on this work only three years later.

Awards Period

The time of any censorship is short, and after a decade, the disgrace fades away. The Sverdlovsk Drama Theater returns to the classics. In the early 70s of the 20th century, the troupe went on tour in Moscow. Sverdlovsk actors showed Boris Godunov, Mindaugas and Captured by Time to the capital's audience. The performances were received with a bang not only by the audience, but also by critics. And past merits do not go unnoticed. So, in 1977, the Theater was recognized as one of the best in the Union and received the title of "academic", and three years later was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. Having become the Sverdlovsk Academic Drama Theatre, the stage no longer changed its name, although the city itself is already called differently.

New time

In the early 1990s, the Soviet Union ceased to exist. Following him, Sverdlovsk also disappeared from the map - its historical name was returned to it. However, this did not affect the Theater itself. The institution waswas founded in the USSR, and therefore, by and large, has nothing to do with Yekaterinburg. The only thing that the Drama Theater (Yekaterinburg) has changed is the address. The stage has moved from the 10th house on Weiner Street, where it has been since the opening, to the 2nd house on October Square.

Modern Life

Today the Sverdlovsk Academic Drama Theater is again a holding. True, not as gigantic as in the 30s of the last century. However, he nevertheless occupies a dominant position in the new One Spectacle Organization. Today the Drama Theater (Yekaterinburg) has an official website (uraldrama.ru). On the pages you can learn more about the history of the institution. In addition, the website of the Drama Theater (Yekaterinburg) contains information about performances, tours, ticket prices.