Meyerhold

British  

/ ˈmaɪəhəʊlt /

noun

1. Vsevolod Emilievich, original name Karl Theodor Kasimir . 1874– c. 1940, Russian theatre director, noted for his experimental nonrealistic productions. He was arrested in 1939 and died in custody

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Example Sentences

His cousin, Valentin Pluchek, worked in Moscow with the famed Russian dissident director Vsevolod Meyerhold, who was an influence on Brook.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2019 he premiered a new play, “Why?,” about experimental Russian director Vsevolod Meyerhold, which Mr. Brook wrote and staged with Estienne.

From Washington Post

Similar sentiments surfaced in Austria, where the social-democratic leader Victor Adler found Wagner a lifelong source of inspiration; and in France, but nowhere was this leftist appropriation more emphatic than in Russia, where Vsevolod Meyerhold and Sergei Eisenstein immersed themselves in Wagner.

From The Guardian

When Meyerhold wrote that “theater is a very dangerous weapon,” he meant a weapon wielded by artists.

From New York Times

Things turn considerably darker in the second half, when “Why?” literally pulls the rug out from under itself and shifts its attention to the tragedy of Vsevolod Meyerhold.

From New York Times