Gerst, Meer Abramovich

He was born on September 27 ( October 10 ), 1908 in Sebezh (now the Pskov region ). In 1930 he graduated from the College of Performing Arts in Leningrad . In 1931-1937, the director of the MKT A. Ya. Tairova , in 1938-1942 he was the artistic director of the S. M. Zvilling Theater Theater , in 1946-1951, the Kuybyshevsky Theater named after M. Gorky (he was dismissed during the campaign against cosmopolitanism ) ; ^[2] in 1953-1956 and 1967-1969, the chief director of the Voronezh ATD named after A. V. Koltsov , in 1956-1962 - the Gorky ADT named after M. Gorky , and in 1965-1967 - the LT named after Lenin Komsomol . In 1971 he headed the Novokuznetsk Drama Theater . He staged performances in other cities. In the 1980s he emigrated to the United States . He died on April 15, 1989 .

Chelyabinsk ATD named after S. M. Zwilling

• 1938 - “The Man with the Gun” by N. F. Pogodin
• 1939 - “Consul General” of the brothers Tour and L. R. Sheinin ; “Maria Tudor” by V. Hugo ; "Dowry" by A. N. Ostrovsky
• 1940 - The Dangerous Turn by J. Priestley ; The Seagull by A.P. Chekhov ; “Kremlin Chimes” by N. F. Pogodin
• 1941 - The Mashenka by A. N. Afinogenov ; The Fiesco Conspiracy in Genoa by F. Schiller
• 1942 - “Russian people” by K. M. Simonov ; “The Battalion Goes West” by G. D. Mdivani
• "Close and far" A. N. Afinogenova
• "Bolshevik" D. Del

Kuibyshevsky ADT named after M. Gorky

• 1947 - The Russian Question by K. M. Simonov
• 1948 - “Fortress on the Volga” by I. L. Kremlev (Shekhtman)
• 1950 - The Living Corpse by L. N. Tolstoy
• 1951 - "Barbarians" by M. Gorky

Voronezh ATD named after A.V. Koltsov

• 1953 - “Port Arthur” by A. N. Stepanov and I. F. Popov
• 1954 - The Ghosts of G. Ibsen ; “Talents and fans” by A. N. Ostrovsky
• 1967 - The Intervention by L. Slavin.

Gorky ATD named after M. Gorky

• 1957 - The Optimistic Tragedy by V.V. Vishnevsky ; “Intervention” by L. I. Slavin ; “Cliff” according to I. A. Goncharov (together with N. I. Sobolshchikov-Samarin )
• 1958 - The Fake Coin by M. Gorky
• 1960 - “Irkutsk History” by A. N. Arbuzov
• 1961 - “Anna Karenina” by L. N. Tolstoy

LT named after Lenin Komsomol

• 1965 - Three-Penny Opera by B. Brecht
• 1967 - “Days of our life” by L. N. Andreev

• 1945 - “Marriage” by I. L. Perets ( MGET )
• 1950 - "Mad Money" by A. N. Ostrovsky ( LTK )
• 1964 - The Mississippi Flower by D. Kern ( LTMK )
• 1974 - “Glass of Water” by E. Scribe

• Honored Artist of the RSFSR (April 20, 1956)
• People's Artist of the RSFSR (March 24, 1960)
• Stalin Prize of the second degree (1949) - for staging the play “Fortress on the Volga” on the stage of the Kuibyshev ADT named after M. Gorky