USSR Moscow State Puppet Theater 1952 Poster

Moscow State Puppet Theater named after Sergey Obraztsov was founded September 16, 1931. September 14, 1981, Obraztsov Puppet Theater was granted the title of "academic" and became Central State Academic Puppet theater named after Sergey Obraztsov. The establisher of the theater is the prominent Russian artist, actor, director, painter and writer - Sergey Obraztsov. As a remarkable painter, a disciple of A. Arkhipov and V. Favorsky, one of the leading actors in the musical studio of the Moscow Arts Theater, a founder of a whole artistic school of "parody in puppets", a splendid writer (he is an author of about 20 books), a screenwriter and a prominent public figure, Obraztsov directed his theater until the last days of his life. Here he staged 61 plays, including such famous performances as "An extraordinary concert", "Aladdin and the enchanted lamp ", "At the rustle of your eyelashes", "The devil's mill", "Don Juan" and many others.