Vsevolod Emilyevich Meyerhold (Russian: , romanized: Vsvolod ml'evi
Mejerkhl'd; born German: Karl Kasimir Theodor Meyerhold; 9 February
[O.S. 28 January] 1874 2 February 1940) was a Russian and Soviet
theatre director, actor and theatrical producer. His provocative
experiments dealing with physical being and symbolism in an
unconventional theatre setting made him one of the seminal forces in
modern international theatre. During the Great Purge, Meyerhold was
arrested, tortured and executed in February 1940.Vsevolod Meyerhold
was born Karl Kasimir Theodor Meierhold in Penza on 28 January o.s. (9
February n.s.) 1874 to Russian-German wine manufacturer Friedrich Emil
Meierhold and his Russian-Dutch wife, Elisabeth Alvina Luitgard (ne
van der Neese). He was the youngest of eight children.After completing
school in 1895, Meierhold studied law at Moscow University but never
completed his degree. He was torn between studying theatre or a career
as a violinist. However, he failed his audition to become the second
violinist in the University orchestra and in 1896 joined the Moscow
Philharmonic Dramatic School.On his 21st birthday, he converted from
Lutheranism to Orthodox Christianity and accepted "Vsevolod" as an
Orthodox Christian name (after the Russian writer Vsevolod Garshin,
whose prose Meyerhold loved).
Mejerkhl'd; born German: Karl Kasimir Theodor Meyerhold; 9 February
[O.S. 28 January] 1874 2 February 1940) was a Russian and Soviet
theatre director, actor and theatrical producer. His provocative
experiments dealing with physical being and symbolism in an
unconventional theatre setting made him one of the seminal forces in
modern international theatre. During the Great Purge, Meyerhold was
arrested, tortured and executed in February 1940.Vsevolod Meyerhold
was born Karl Kasimir Theodor Meierhold in Penza on 28 January o.s. (9
February n.s.) 1874 to Russian-German wine manufacturer Friedrich Emil
Meierhold and his Russian-Dutch wife, Elisabeth Alvina Luitgard (ne
van der Neese). He was the youngest of eight children.After completing
school in 1895, Meierhold studied law at Moscow University but never
completed his degree. He was torn between studying theatre or a career
as a violinist. However, he failed his audition to become the second
violinist in the University orchestra and in 1896 joined the Moscow
Philharmonic Dramatic School.On his 21st birthday, he converted from
Lutheranism to Orthodox Christianity and accepted "Vsevolod" as an
Orthodox Christian name (after the Russian writer Vsevolod Garshin,
whose prose Meyerhold loved).
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