The Maly Theatre

The building of the Maly Theatre was erected in 1818 by architects A. Elkinsky and O. Bovet for V. Vargin, a merchant, who admired the Palais-Royal in Paris and wanted to have such a palace in Moscow. It was an apartment house with a concert hall. Vargin rented those to the city. The company of the Imperial Theatre performed here on the opening night.

They performed dramas here. The Maly Theatre owes its name to its hall that is much smaller than that of the Bolshoi Theatre ("maly" means "small" in Russian).The first nights of the best works by Russian writers were very successful. It was here that the public saw A. Griboedov's comedy "The Misfortune of being Clever" with M. Shchepkin as "Famusov" for the first time. This actor dismissed the existing traditions of artificial theatre and advocated realistic dramatic art. In 1853, an event took place in the theatre that would determined its direction for a long time to come: "Don't Bite off More than You Can Chew" by Ostrovsky was staged there. The play was such a success that citizens called the theatre "the Ostrovsky house". Note the monument to Ostrovsky unveiled in 1929. It was created by sculptor N. Andreev together with his brother V. Andreev. The great playwright sits thoughtfully in an armchair holding a pencil in his right hand, and a sheet of paper in his left hand. The best drama actors still perform on the theatre stage today.



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