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Georgy Tovstonogov (Georgy Aleksandrovich Tovstonogov) was born on 28 September, 1915 in Tbilisi, Russian Empire, is a Soviet theatre director. Discover Georgy Tovstonogov's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?
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Georgy Aleksandrovich Tovstonogov |
| Occupation |
Theatre director |
| Age |
73 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Libra |
| Born |
28 September, 1915 |
| Birthday |
28 September |
| Birthplace |
Tbilisi, Russian Empire |
| Date of death |
23 May, 1989 |
| Died Place |
Leningrad, Soviet Union |
| Nationality |
Russia
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Georgy Tovstonogov Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
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Georgy Tovstonogov Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Georgy Tovstonogov worth at the age of 73 years old? Georgy Tovstonogov’s income source is mostly from being a successful director. He is from Russia. We have estimated Georgy Tovstonogov's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
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Georgy Aleksandrovich Tovstonogov (Георгий Александрович Товстоногов, 28 September 1915 – 23 May 1989) was a Russian-Georgian theatre director.
Georgy Tovstonogov was born in Tbilisi (now Georgia), or in St. Petersburg on 28 September 1915, to a Russian noble and a Georgian classical singer Tamara Papitashvili.
In 1938 he graduated from the State Institute of Theatrical Art in Moscow.
From 1938 to 1946, he worked as a director in the Tbilisi Griboedov Theater, from 1946 to 1949 in the Central Children's Theater in Moscow, from 1950 to 1956 in the Leningrad Leninsky Komsomol Theater, and from 1956 until his death in 1989 in the Bolshoi Academic Gorky Theater.
He won the Stalin Prize thrice (1950, 1952, 1956), and got two Orders of Lenin and many other Soviet awards.
Tovstonogov was the first who returned Fyodor Dostoevsky into Soviet theater, by his productions of The Insulted and Humiliated (1956 in Leningrad Leninsky Komsomol Theater) and The Idiot (1957 in Gorky Theater).
Among other famous performances are:
He was also responsible for producing mass spectacles.
During his prime Tovstonogov was considered one of the best theatre directors of Europe.
The prominent members of his troupe include Alisa Freindlich, Zinaida Sharko, Lyudmila Makarova, Tatiana Doronina, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Kirill Lavrov, Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Pavel Luspekaev, Yefim Kopelyan, Sergey Yursky, Vladislav Strzhelchik, Yevgeni Lebedev, and Oleg Basilashvili.
His contribution to the Russian tradition of theatre education is important, especially where it comes to education of theatre directors.
His theories continue to have large influence, especially in Russian and Scandinavian theatre education.
In 1957 he became a People's Artist of the USSR.
He was a professor at the Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema since 1960.
In 1972, he produced the book The Profession of the Stage-Director, which is the best example of his directing style, and in which he shares his honest opinions on Lee Strasberg and Konstantin Stanislavsky.
On 1985 the International Theatre Institute invited Tovstonogov to teach Stanislavski Method for international actors, Juan Furest from Spain and José Antonio Rodríguez from Cuba.
On May 23, 1989, Tovstonogov died of heart attack in his car returning home after general rehearsal of his new production The Visit by Friedrich Dürrenmatt.
He was the leader of the Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theater which was renamed after him in 1992.
