Background
Vakhtangov, Evgenii was born on February 13, 1883 in Vladikavkaz (now Ordzhonikidze). Son of a tobacco factory owner.
Vakhtangov, Evgenii was born on February 13, 1883 in Vladikavkaz (now Ordzhonikidze). Son of a tobacco factory owner.
Studied at Moscow University, 1903. Studied at Moscow University, 1903.
Changed to a Moscow theatre school, and joined the Moscow Art Theatre, 1911. After the revolution, became an enthusiastic exponent of revolutionary art. Head of the Directors Section of the Theatrical Department of the Ministry of Education, 1919.
Famous reformer of theatre art in the early 1920s. Founded his own studio
within the Moscow Arts Theatre, which became the Vakhtangov Theatre, 1926.