Konstantin Tverskoy (1927-1935)
The main director of that period was Konstantin Tverskoy (real name Konstantin Konstantinovich Kuzmin-Karavayev officially the Artistic Director in 1929-1935). The theater was producing mainly spectacles of Soviet drmaturgists, including Boris Lavrenev (Razlom, 1927), Vladimir Kirshon (Gorod Vetrov, 1928); Yury Olesha (Zagovor chuvstv, 1929), Nikolai Pogodin (Moy drug, 1932).
Very important were performances of Maxim Gorky plays including Yegor Bulychev and the others, 1932; Dostigaeyev and others, 1933. In 1932 the theater was named in honor of Maxim Gorky. The theater was known as Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theater (Bolshoi Dramaticheskiy Teatr imeni Gor'kogo) until 1992, when it was renamed after Georgy Tovstonogov.
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