The story
Foundation and early years
The Taganrog Theater was established in 1827 by governor Alexander Dunaev.
History
20th century
In 1901, the first movie was shown onstage Taganrog City Theater.
In 1944, the Soviet of People's Commissars of USSR named the Taganrog City Theater after Anton Pavlovich Chekhov.
On February 22, 1977 the theater received the Order of the Badge of Honour for services to the development of Soviet theatrical art.
Since 1980, the theater festival In the Birthplace of Anton Chekhov (Russian: На родине А.П.Чехова) has been held with participation of theaters from Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Italy, Croatia, Spain, Australia, Belarus, Germany and Japan.
21st century
In 2002 and in 2010, the theater performed at the International Literary & Musical Forum in Badenweiler, Germany, staging Anton Chekhov's Proposal and The Wood Demon.
In October 2006, the theater participated at the 1st International Blacksea Theater Festival in Mykolaiv, Ukraine.
In April 2009, the theater won 3 awards at the International Theater Festival "Golden Key" in Donetsk, Ukraine.
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On January 29, 2010 within the framework of Anton Chekhov's 150th birth anniversary celebrations in Taganrog, the President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev visited the Taganrog theater, where he watched a rehearsal of the performance "Everything Starts in the Childhood", dedicated to Anton Chekhov.
In October–November 2012 the Taganrog Drama Theater hosted the international production "Passions of Romeo" (IUGTE International Shakespeare Performance Project - "Страсти по Ромео.like/unlike". Театральные сновидения по мотивам пьесы В.Шекспира "Ромео и Джульетта"). The performance was created with participation of Russian actors in collaboration with the international production group (Ireland, Spain, Greece, UK, Mexico, Switzerland, USA).
Notable people throughout the history of the theater
Anton Chekhov - Russian playwright and short-story writer
Ivan Perestiani - People's Artist of the Georgian SSR
Sergei Bondarchuk - Soviet film director, screenwriter, and actor, People's Artist of the USSR, Academy Award(1968).
Aristarkh Livanov - Russian actor, designated People's artist of Russia (1999).
Gaetano Molla
Nestor Kukolnik - Russian playwright and prose writer
Samuel Maykapar - Russian composer
Petr Shelokhonov - Russian actor, designated Honorable Actor of Russia (1979).
Vatslav Dvorzhetsky - Soviet Russian actor
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