Aleksei arbuzov biography channel

Biography of the playwright Aleksei /Aleksej Arbuzov

(May 26, 1908)Born in Moscow to a Russian father and Greek mother.

(1918)At 10 years of age he loses his parents and is cared for by his aunt.

(1922)First contact with the theatre world when hired as an extra at the Marinski (Kirov?) Theatre of St.

Petersburg.

(1924)He goes on to develop his skills in a theatre studio.

(1925)Enters a drama school.

(1927)Graduates drama school.

For some time he directs a touring troupe and puts on plays in Leningrad.

Also he takes on the literature department of the first sovkhoz theatre in the capital area of Russia.

(1930)Goes to Moscow and writes in the magazine "Stage Club". In the same year writes his first play, "Rank" (the first of the 30 he would complete).

(1934)Writes his first comedy, "Six Lovers" (inspired by his experience in sovkhoz).

(1936)Writes the play, "Long Way".

(1938)Writes "Tania" .

("Long Way" and "Tania" become to be considered the two most successful of his pl