
Vsevolod Meyerhold
Russian theatre director (1874–1940)

Russian theatre director (1874–1940)
Vsevolod Emilyevich Meyerhold or Meyerkhold (Russian: Всеволод Эмильевич Мейерхольд; born 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 in June 1939. He was tortured, his wife was murdered, and he was executed on 2 February 1940.
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