Vladimir Volkenstein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Vladimir Volkenstein

Russian poet and theatre critic (1883-1974)

Date of Birth: 02-Oct-1883

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

Date of Death: 30-Nov-1974

Profession: screenwriter, poet, theatre critic

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Vladimir Volkenstein

  • Vladimir Mikhaylovich Volkenstein (???????? ?????????? ????????????, born 15 October 1883, died 30 November 1974), was a Russian and Soviet playwright, theatre and literary critic, poet and reader in drama. A Saint Petersburg University's Law faculty graduate, Volkenstein started out as a poet.
  • He debuted as a playwright in 1907, when fragments of his play Ivan Doctors appeared in the Shipovnik (Wild Roses) almanac.
  • In 1911 Stanislavski invited him to Moscow Art Theatre, where he worked until 1921, first as a secretary, later a literary consultant. Volkenstein's first major success came with the play Kaliki perekhozhiye (Wanderers).
  • It was produced by the MAT's First Studio and earned him the Griboyedov Prize in 1914.
  • It was followed by Herod and Marianna (1916), Paganini (1920), The Experience of Mr.
  • Webb (???? ??????? ?????, produced by the Moscow Korsh Theatre, 1918-1922), Spartak (Moscow Revolution Theatre, 1926), and Houssars and Doves (Maly Theatre, 1928).In 1930—1948 (with a break during the War) Vokenstein read the esthetics and film drama at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography.
  • He wrote a script for the film Miklouho-Maclay, shot in 1947 by Aleksandr Razumny.
  • Among Volkenstein's theretical works the most important are considered to be a monograph on Stanislavski and the textbook Drama, centering around the technical aspects of the classical epic drama of the past.Volkenstein was married three times.
  • His first wife was the poet and feminist Sophia Parnok (1907-1909).
  • Mikhail Volkenshtein, his son from the second marriage, became a well-known biophysicist.
  • His third wife was Maria Gambaryan, a notable Soviet, Armenian classical pianist.

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