Lazarev, Leonid Fedorovich

Born December 12 , 2489 . He studied in the drama studio of the actress M. I. Morskoy in Odessa . In the 1894-1896-ies. actor of the association of artists under the control of E. A. Belyaev in Belarus ^[3] . Since 1905, the actor of the Odessa City Theater ^[2] .

In the period from 1907 to 1916, the director on the entreprise E. A. Belyaev in the cities: Vilna , Vitebsk , Minsk , Zhytomyr , Ekaterinoslav . He worked as a director in the Oryol City Theater (1916–1917), the Vitebsk State Theater (1917–1919), the Solovtsov Theater in Kiev (1919–1921), the Odessa Drama Theater (1921–1924), and the theaters of Odessa, Kazan , and the City Drama Theater. A. V. Lunacharsky in Rostov-on-Don (1924-1930), Saratov Drama Theater. Karl Marx (1930-1935).

Of the early performances staged by Lazarev, “ King Oedipus ” ( 1916 ) was most successful ^[1] . After the October Revolution, the director embarked on the development of modern drama, creating an image of a man of the revolutionary era, the builder of the new society ^[4] . The plays “The Break” ( 1928 ) and “The First Horse” ( 1930 ) conveyed the feelings of the first days of the revolution;

Among the best productions are “The Inspector General ” ( 1927 ), “The Man with the Briefcase” ( 1928 ), “Shine, the Stars!” ( 1930 ), “My Friend” ( 1933 ) ^[1] .

In 1928 he staged a play by Carlo Goldoni’s “The Servant of Two Masters ”, which was performed in constructive scenery and accompanied by the music of I. Dunaevsky .

The actress N. I. Slonova recalled the time she worked with L. Lazarev in the Rostov (1926-1930) and Saratov (1930-1932) theaters:

A talented, visionary, with an inexhaustible supply of humor, lively, like mercury, Leonid Fedorovich worked fascinatingly. In the actor, he appreciated invention, ingenuity and rejoiced from the heart with every actor's find. At the rehearsal of Lazarev, the actors walked as if on a holiday, and each dragged something different, like bees to the hive. Lazarev selected valuables, rejected unnecessary things — simply and not at all offensive. He worked easily and even cheerfully, although sometimes he exploded with volcanic force because of trivial problems. He rehearsed Lazarev as a man possessed, not sparing himself, and did not tolerate in others the inertia of thinking or a formal attitude to business. Bold in his creative visions, he was sometimes stunned by the distribution of roles. Lazarev did not let the actor calm down, threw him, as they say, from hot to cold, completely ignoring the role.

- Slonova NI. The actor works with the director // Director’s art today: Collection of articles / Comp. Z.V. Vladimirova. - M .: Art, 1962

He died on November 17, 1935 ^[1] (according to other sources in 1939 ^{[2] [5]} ) in Moscow. He was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery (Sc. 1, Row 2, Place 4) ^[5] .

City Drama Theater. A.V. Lunacharsky ( Rostov )

• 1926 - “The End of Krivoryl” by B. Romashov
• 1926 - “Miracles in the Sieve” by A. Tolstoy
• 1927 - “Konstantin Terekhin” (Rust) by V. Kirshon , et al. with A.V. Uspensky
• 1927 - “ Revizor ” by N. Gogol
• 1928 - “The Man with the Portfolio” A. Fayko
• "Swamp" by M. Pagnol
• "Shot" A. Bezymensky
• “Voice of the Earth” by V. Bill-Belotserkovsky
• "Union of honest people" Rubinstein
• "Freak" by A. Afinogenov

Saratov Drama Theater. Karl marx

• 1930 - “Shine, the stars!” I. Mykytenko

Other theaters

• 1916 - “ King Oedipus ” Sophocles
• 1928 - “Break” by B. Lavrenyov
• 1930 - “The First Horse” by V. Vishnevsky
• " Vasilisa Melentyeva " A. Ostrovsky
• "The Cherry Orchard " by A. Chekhov
• " Egor Bulychov and others " M. Gorky
• " Intervention " L. Slavina
• " Masquerade " M. Yu. Lermontov
• "The servant of two masters " K. Goldoni
• “Hop-la, we live!” E. Toller
• "My friend" N. Pogodin
• "Fire Bridge" B. Romashova
• "Temp" N. Pogodin
• “Alien Child” by V. Shkvarkin

• 1933 - Honored Artist of the RSFSR

• Slonova N. I. Actor's Honor: I. A. Slonov on stage and in life - Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1966. - 236 p.
• Slonova NI. The actor works with the director // Directorial art today: Collection of articles / Comp. Z.V. Vladimirova. - M .: Art, 1962