Nikolay Akimov
Nikolay Akimov | |
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Николай Акимов | |
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| Born | 16 April 1901 Kharkiv, Russian Empire |
| Died | 6 September 1968 (aged 67) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupations | Theatre director, scenic designer |
Nikolay Pavlovich Akimov[a] (16 April [O.S. 3 April] 1901 – 6 September 1968) was a Soviet experimental theatre director and scenic designer noted for his work with the Leningrad Comedy Theatre. His most notorious production was the cynical version of Hamlet (1932), with Ophelia as a drunken prostitute and the king's ghost as a clever mystification arranged by Hamlet.[1] Akimov, who was the Comedy Theater director in 1935-1949 and 1956-1968, wrote several books, among them About Theater (О театре, 1962) and Not Just About Theater (Не только о театре, 1966), and was designated a People's Artist of the USSR in 1960.[2][3]
Akimov was director of the New Theatre in Leningrad in the early 1950s.[4]
The Saint Petersburg Comedy Theatre is named in his honour.[5]
Awards and honours
[edit]- Honoured Worker of the Arts Industry of the RSFSR (1939)
- People's Artist of the Tajik SSR (1944)
- People's Artist of the RSFSR (1945)
- People's Artist of the USSR (1960)
- Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour (1939, 1961)
- Order of the Red Star
- Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
- Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Обсуждение акимовского «Гамлета». ВТО. Кабинет Шекспира. 29 сентября 1943 г.
- ^ "Николай Павлович Акимов". kino-teatr.ru. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
- ^ "Nikolay Pavlovich Akimov — Russian stage designer". Encyclopedia Britannica. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "Theater them. Lensoveta: repertoire, actors, address". en.delachieve.com. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ Театр комедии откроется после реставрации 21 марта // Kanoner (online newspaper)
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- 1901 births
- 1968 deaths
- Artists from Kharkiv
- People from Kharkovsky Uyezd
- Vkhutemas alumni
- People's Artists of the USSR
- People's Artists of the RSFSR
- People's Artists of the Tajik SSR
- Honoured Workers of the Arts Industry of the RSFSR
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Star
- Russian scenic designers
- Soviet theatre directors
- Soviet drama teachers