KOMISSARJEVSKY (Theodore, 1882-1954, Russian-born Producer, Stage Designer and Architect)

Autograph letter signed, in English, to Miss Cond saying that he "couldn't read the cabalistic sign on the envelope! ...", 1 side 4to., Eleven Berkeley Square, Kensington West Eight, headed paper, 11th September

In 'Myself and the Theatre' (1930), Komissarjevsky explained that 'the idea behind all my productions was to create a Synthetic Theatre ... where all forms of art could be harmoniously united in one single show', adding spoken dialogue to opera, music to plays, and enriching both with acrobatics or ballet. He had founded a school of acting in Moscow in 1910, producing a wide range of plays ancient and modern, then in 1918 became Managing Director of the Moscow Grand State Theatre of Opera and Ballet. He emigrated to England in 1919, giving a famous series of Russian Opera at Covent Garden that year, and settled in the U.S.A. in 1939.

Item Date:  1932

Stock No:  40338      £75

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