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The Meyerhold Centennial
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 December 2021
Extract
- Where is your grave—
- Or maybe even just a mound-
- Vsevolod Emilyevich
- Meyerhold?
- Where can we put a monument?
- There is no grave.
- You cannot be frozen into a statue,
- Like some docile teacher's pet.
- You blaze
- From the pedestals of the world stage,
- Vsevolod Emilyevich
- Meyerhold.
The 100th anniversary of Vsevolod Meyerhold's birth on February 9, 1874, was celebrated this year in the Soviet Union. The centennial celebrations honoring the great Russian theatre director began in January and continued well past the actual birth date. The recognition extended throughout the Soviet Union, including Leningrad, where Meyerhold began his career as director more than a decade before the Revolution. As a result of these celebrations, his rehabilitation is openly recognized now and his influence widely acknowledged.
- Type
- Meyerhold Section
- Information
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1974 The Drama Review
Footnotes
The title picture is from a special Soviet envelope commemorating the Meyerhoid Centennial. The poem beside it is by Andrei Voznesensky and was read at the Writers Union Hall in Moscow on June 6th, 1974.