Олег Табаков (english)

Oleg Tabakovand the Moscow Studio-Theatre The idea of studios life as the most natural for actors in Oleg Tabakov s blood. Here is the genre s memory. The founder of MKHT hadstudios the ephremov s Sovremennik was a studio in young years. Tabakov wasformed in this belief, he had no other idea and theatrical belief. Having grownand later orphaned in Sovremennik , he tried to create studios theatre withthe incredible

persistence in different periods of his life. He was startinghis first business even in the times of his directorship in Sovremennik , wasselecting the talented striplings by the principle of an old imperialacademies, having supposed that actor s gift is not the vine, which is olderthe stronger. Gathering and issuing the Gitis s courses he gradually formed thecore of the future s theatre. There was no only one component, which wouldunify everyone into the theatrical sect, being prepared

to follow his or herleader. The time was not propitious for the idea of Tabakov s studio. Thekernels were sowed but couldn t be grown for a long time. The Tabakov sstudio existed in the cellar in embryo for many years, basely on the money ofits creator. Gradually the repertoire has being composed. The cellar was beingcovered with a growth of its authors, critics, adorers and certainly enemies,created its legends and myths but there was no theatre yet.

It appeared whenthe time was broken. In August of 1986 s on the dawn of Perestroika he tookthe ministerial order of creation the theatre-studio. After broking free of theneighbours an old Bolshevik s club in half-year the theatre was officiallyopened. Quickly end and going to ruin was predicted to Tabakerka the apanageof all studios becoming theatres but cellar not only survived but alsoobtained more convinced and well thought out look.

For ten years Tabakov sstudio has grown up the constellation of first greatness actors. Vehemence ofthe opening and cultivation of the gift, feeling for the talent and unjealousyfor the other s success helped to increase the efforts. Tabakov invited MariaMoronova and Olga Yakovleva, Adolph Shapiro and Alexander Halin, VasiliyAksenov and Sergey Nikitin into the theatre.

He acquainted his theatre withPeter Stein, gave his countless contacts to the theatre, led his small shipbetween the Scilla of the decrepit Soviet dragon and the Charibda of theinsolent greedy Russian capitalism. The first artist of the company created byhimself he faces the new time and new problems. The first ten years were verydifficult but the second,

I m sure, would be more of that. The guys have grown,the cellar is too narrow for them, and the studio s laws for many of themprobably cause the indulgent smile. There are the common history, memory andpain in Tabakerka . They hold in the most difficult times off. I wish them tosurvive.Performed by MoskalenkoAnthony, Student of the group

И-3-4.1998 year.