Taganka Theatre
In the 1970s, Efros collaborated with the stage director Yury Lyubimov on several projects. In 1973, for instance, he directed a TV adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov's play "The Cabal of Hypocrites", with Lyubimov in the title role of Molière. Two years later, Lyubimov invited Efros into his own Taganka Theatre to stage "The Cherry Orchard". Both directors were drawn to the traditions of Vsevolod Meyerhold and Yevgeny Vakhtangov.