Pluchek in 1973
Valentin Nikolayevich Pluchek (Russian: Валенти́н Никола́евич Плу́чек; 4 September 1909 — 17 August 2002) was a Russian theatre director. He is known as a stage director of the Physical Culture Day parade in Moscow during the Stalinist epoch.[1] The Physical Culture Day took place each summer at central squares of major Soviet cities. Peter Brook's cousin.[2]
Pluchek worked with the director Vsevolod Meyerhold until he was arrested and shot in 1940, and then worked with the playwright Alexei Arbuzov. In 1950, he joined the "often-daring" Moscow Satire Theatre in 1950, and rose to chief director in 1957.[3]
Awards and titles
- Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1956)[4]
- People's Artist of the RSFSR (1964)[5]
- People's Artist of the USSR (1974)
- Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class (1985)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 3rd class (1999)
References
- ↑ Edelman, R. Spartak Moscow: A History of the People's Team in the Workers' State. page 100
- ↑ Русский англичанин Питер Брук
- ↑ "Valentin Pluchek". The Scotsman. 20 August 2002. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ↑ Владимир Дуров — В МИРЕ ЦИРКА И ЭСТРАДЫ
- ↑ Театральная энциклопедия (под ред. П. А. Маркова)
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