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Vsevolod Meyerhold

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Director
Died
Feb 2, 1940
Zodiac
Aquarius
Born in
Russia
About
An important figure in the history of modern theatre, Meyerhold aligned himself with the Symbolist movement in drama and founded the Meyerhold Theatre, which staged innovative productions of works by Nikolai Gogol, Vladimir Mayakovsky, and Nikolai Erdman. 
Family
A native of Penza, Russia, he was the youngest of eight children born to Emil Fyodorovich Meyerhold and Alvina Danilovna. His first marriage, to Olga Munt, produced three daughters; he later began an affair with, and eventually married, acclaimed stage actress Zinaida Reich.

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