Kote Marjanishvili

Konstantine "Kote" Marjanishvili (; ; – 17 May 1933) was a Georgian and Soviet theater and film director. Considered the founder of modern Georgian theatre, Marjanishvili was awarded the People's Artist of the Georgian SSR in 1931.

Early life Marjanishvili was born on in Kvareli, Tiflis Governorate (present-day Georgia) to Aleksandre Marjanishvili (died 1876), a lieutenant colonel in Imperial Russian Army and translator. Marjanishvili was the younger brother of , a nun and later saint. Fascinated by Craig’s stylized manner of using puppets, Marjanishvili temporarily returned to Georgia to stage Oedipus Rex in a similar spirit. In 1913, he broke with Stanislavsky due to his left-wing sympathies and his interest in decadence, and organized the eclectic "Free Theater", where he staged opera, operetta, drama and pantomime. The enterprise, notable for its ties with the composer Sergei Rachmaninoff and the singer Feodor Chaliapin, and for its Georgian-type choreography, was rendered abortive in a year due largely to financial problems.

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