Vsevolod Meyerhold

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Russian Empire person Soviet citizen human stage actor theatre director theatre theorist

Vsevolod Meyerhold was a pioneering Russian and Soviet theatre director and theorist known for his avant-garde staging and development of the biomechanics acting system, which profoundly influenced modern performance and film directors.

Aliases (2)

Meyerhold ×1
Vsevolod Emilevich Meyerhold ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Russian Empire person → Soviet citizen → human → stage actor → theatre director → theatre theorist →
arrestedBy	NKVD →
birthName	Vsevolod Emilevich Meyerhold →
causeOfDeath	execution by shooting →
citizenship	Russian Empire → Soviet Union →
convertedFrom	Lutheranism →
countryOfBirth	Russian Empire →
countryOfDeath	Soviet Union →
dateOfBirth	1874-02-09 →
dateOfDeath	1940-02-02 →
educatedAt	Moscow Art Theatre →
ethnicOrigin	German → Russian →
familyName	Meyerhold →
fieldOfWork	acting theory → stage design innovation → theatre directing →
givenName	Vsevolod →
influenced	film directors → modern theatre directors →
language	Russian →
mannerOfDeath	state execution →
movement	Russian avant-garde → avant-garde theatre →
name	Vsevolod Meyerhold →
notableFor	development of biomechanics acting system → innovative theatrical staging →
notableWork	production of "Mystery-Bouffe" → production of "The Government Inspector" (1926) → production of "The Magnanimous Cuckold" →
occupation	stage actor → theatre director → theatre theorist →
placeOfBirth	Penza →
placeOfDeath	Moscow →
religion	Russian Orthodox Church →
spouse	Zinaida Reich →
theory	biomechanics acting system → constructivist staging principles →
victimOf	Great Purge →
workedAt	Imperial Theatres of St. Petersburg → Meyerhold Theatre → Moscow Art Theatre →
yearOfArrest	1939 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Vsevolod Meyerhold ("Vsevolod Emilevich Meyerhold") →	birthName
Vsevolod Meyerhold ("Meyerhold") →	familyName
Sergei Eisenstein →	influencedBy
Vsevolod Meyerhold →	name