Stancho Stanchev

Stancho Georgiev Stanchev (Bulgarian Станчо Георгиев Станчев) was a Bulgarian theatre director.

Biography

Stancho Stanchev was born on 5 September 1932 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He graduated from the DVTU (Public Higher School of Theater) presently "Krastyo Sarafov" National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts Sofia in 1955, in theatre directing under Prof. Boyan Danovski. He completed a postgraduate degree at the Vakhtangov Theatre under Evgeny Simonov and at the Moscow Satire Theatre under Valentin Pluchek in Moscow.

Stancho Stanchev has staged more than 100 plays by Bulgarian and foreign playwrights on the stages of the drama theatres in Varna, Ruse, Shumen, Sofia, Moscow, Silistra, Pazardzhik. His wife is the artist Daria Vassilyanska. He died on 23 October 2017 in Varna.

Career 1955–1959 - theatre director at "Vasil Drumev" Drama Theatre - Shumen 1959–1962 - theatre director at "Sava Ognianov" Drama Theatre - Ruse 1962–1992 - theatre director, artistic director of "Stoyan Bachvarov" Drama Theatre - Varna

Performances The Crucible, Arthur Miller, Drama Theatre, Shumen, 1955–56 Le Baruffe Chiozzotte /The Chioggia Scuffles/, Carlo Goldoni, Drama Theatre, Shumen, 1956 Notre-Dame de Paris, Victor Hugo, Drama Theatre, Shumen, 1958 Buonanotte Patrizia, Aldo De Benedetti, Drama Theatre, Shumen, 1958 The General and the Mad, Angel Vagenshtain, Drama Theatre, Ruse, 1961 De Pretore Vincenzo, Eduardo De Filippo, Drama Theatre, Ruse, 1959 Duel, Ivan Vazov, Drama Theatre Varna, 1962–63 Around the World in Eighty Days, Pavel Kohout, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1965–66 The Investigation /Die Ermittlung/, Peter Weiss, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1966–67 As You Like It, William Shakespeare, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1972–73 January Yordan Radichkov, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1974–75 The Roman Bath Stanislav Stratiev, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1974–75 The Good Soldier Švejk, Jaroslav Hašek, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1975–76 The Suede Jacket, Stanislav Stratiev, Pushkin Theatre, Moscow, 1977 The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Paul Zindel, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1978–79 The Suede Jacket, Stanislav Stratiev, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1978–79 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, after Ken Kesey, stage adaptation Dale Wasserman, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1979–80 Little Comedies, after Anton Chekhov /A Marriage Proposal, On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco, Jubilee, The Swan Song, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1979–80 Archangels Don't Play Pinball, Dario Fo, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1980–81 Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1981–82 The Government Inspector, Nikolai Gogol, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1986–87 All House, Bed and Church, Dario Fo, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1986–87 The Holy Family, György Schwajda, 1988–89 The Last Tape /Krapp's Last Tape/, Samuel Beckett, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1991–92 The Basement, Murray Schisgal, State Puppet Theatre Varna, 1993 Nora /A Doll's House /, Henrik Ibsen, Art Club Sezam, Varna, 1995 Miracle, Ivan Radoev, Drama Theatre, Pazardzhik, 1995 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Edward Albee, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1996–97 L’enseineur ou Une ombre au tableau, Jean-Pierre Dopagne, Drama Theatre, Varna, 2003