Vsevolod Meyerhold

✶February 9, 1874

†February 2, 1940

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Vsevolod Emilyevich Meyerhold or Meyerkhold was a Russian and Soviet theatre director, actor and theatrical producer. His provocative experiments dealing with physical being and symbolism in an unconventional theatre setting made him one of the seminal forces in modern international theatre. During the Great Purge, Meyerhold was arrested in June 1939. He was tortured, his wife was murdered, and he was executed on 2 February 1940.

Russian theatre director (1874–1940)

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