page_title: Vsevolod Meyerhold
hierarchical_section_title: Vsevolod Meyerhold
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of the Russian actor Vsevolod Meyerhold (Всеволод Эмильевич Мейерхольд) preparing for his role as Konstantin in the Moscow Art Theatre's 1898 production of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull. Taken at Pushkino during rehearsals.
context_page_description: Vsevolod Emilyevich Meyerhold 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, tortured and executed in February 1940.
context_section_description: Vsevolod Emilyevich Meyerhold (Russian: Всеволод Эмильевич Мейерхольд, romanized: Vsévolod Èmíl'evič Mejerkhól'd; born German: Karl Kasimir Theodor Meyerhold; 9 February [O.S. 28 January] 1874 – 2 February 1940) 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, tortured and executed in February 1940.
caption: Meyerhold preparing for the role of Treplev for the Moscow Art Theater 1898 production of The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
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