Veniamin Smekhov dedicated a new book to a friend - artist David Borovsky

On Sunday evening, November 25th, not all fans of the "old Taganka" were able to get into the memorial museum of the theater artist David Borovsky, located in Moscow, near the Kropotkinskaya metro station. Veniamin Borisovich Smekhov, an actor of the first generation of the famous Taganka, director and writer, presented his new book. Its basis was the scripts written by him for the broadcasts of the documentary series dedicated to the legendary director - Yuri Petrovich Lyubimov.

The place to meet with journalists and theater fans, as well as the actor himself, was not chosen by chance. On the first page of the book “The Golden Age of Taganka” are the words of the author - “I dedicate the blessed memory of David Borovsky”.

David Lvovich Borovsky worked as a chief artist in the Taganka Theater for over thirty years. It is possible that without his famous woven curtain, which became a symbol of the ruthless heroes of the play “Hamlet”, the performance would not have become so significant in the theatrical life of the capital and the country, and then many countries outside it. At the presentation of the book, Veniamin Smekhov said that the theater team was incredibly lucky, since David Lvovich went all the way with the theater - almost from the beginning of his life to his last days. The work of David Borovsky, Smekhov devoted a whole chapter in the book, which became a literary portrait of the artist.

Another of the main characters of the book was Yuri Petrovich Lyubimov. For Smekhov, the Tagansky director became a teacher not only on the stage, but also in life from the first appearance on the stage in “The Good Man from Cezuan”, the play from which Taganka began.

The book of Veniamin Borisovich became a real chronicle of Tagan history, which took place thanks to the actors of the old Taganka. Many of the artists have already passed away, but there are no forgotten ones.

Ludmila Trautmane