Mikhail Roshchin
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Mikhail Mikhailovich Roshchin was a Russian playwright, screenwriter and short story writer.
. In 1943, during World War II
, the family moved to Moscow
.
After finishing school, Roshchin worked as a miller, and attended night classes at the Lenin Pedagogical Institute.
In 1952, he published his first story in the Moscow daily newspaper, Moskovsky Komsomolets. In 1953, he entered the Literary Institute and worked as a journalist of the regional newspaper, Kamyshin
in the city of Volga. Whilst there, in 1956 he wrote his first collection of his short stories "In a Small Town", published in 1957.
In 1963, Roshchin wrote the play "The Seventh feat of Hercules", which due to censorship was not fully published until 1988. In 1968, he wrote the children's play, "Rainbow in the Winter", a play with was put on at the Leningrad Youth Theatre under Zinovy Karagodsky. His most successful play, "Valentin and Valentina" was written in 1971 and performed the same year at the Moscow Theatre, directed by Valery Fokin
. It was also performed at the Bolshoi Drama Theatre in 1976 under the helm of Georgi Tovstonogov and by several other notable directors. In 1985, it was made into a film, directed by Georgy Natanson, which Roshchin also adapted the script for. His 1975 play Echelon was staged at the Moscow Theatre, directed by Galina Volchek.
In the 1980s, Roshchin was occupied with writing scripts for films. These include Old New Year (1980), Valentin and Valentina (1985) (film adaptation), Schur Prosvirnyak (1987) and The New Adventures of Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1988). New Adventures of Yankee in King Arthur's Court, an adventure comedy, was directed by Viktor Gres under the Dovzhenko Film Studio banner and was based on American
author Mark Twain
's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
.
From 1993 to 1998, along with Alexei Kazantsev, Roshchin published the magazine "Playwright". From 1998 on until his death Roshchin served as the Chairman of the Board of Creative Playwrights and Directors and in 2007 he was elected Chairman of the Arts Council of the Centre. Roshchin was a recipient of the Stanislavsky Prize of Moscow.
Roshchin was married fours times, to dramatist Tatiana Butrova, journalist Natalia Lavrentieva, and actresses Lidiya Savchenko, and Ekaterina Vasilyeva. He has four children; Tatiana (b. 1956), Natalia (b. 1966), Dmitri (b. 1973) and Alex (b. 1985).
Biography
Born to Mikhail N. Gibelman (b. 1908) and Claudia Tarasovna Efimov-Tyurkin (b. 1911), Roshchin spent his early childhood in SevastopolSevastopol
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. In 1943, during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, the family moved to Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
.
After finishing school, Roshchin worked as a miller, and attended night classes at the Lenin Pedagogical Institute.
In 1952, he published his first story in the Moscow daily newspaper, Moskovsky Komsomolets. In 1953, he entered the Literary Institute and worked as a journalist of the regional newspaper, Kamyshin
Kamyshin
Kamyshin is a city in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volgograd Reservoir of the Volga River, in the estuary of the Kamyshinka River. Population: 101,000 ; 24,000 ....
in the city of Volga. Whilst there, in 1956 he wrote his first collection of his short stories "In a Small Town", published in 1957.
In 1963, Roshchin wrote the play "The Seventh feat of Hercules", which due to censorship was not fully published until 1988. In 1968, he wrote the children's play, "Rainbow in the Winter", a play with was put on at the Leningrad Youth Theatre under Zinovy Karagodsky. His most successful play, "Valentin and Valentina" was written in 1971 and performed the same year at the Moscow Theatre, directed by Valery Fokin
Valery Fokin
Valery Fokin is a Russian theatrical director and writer. He is the General and Artistic Director of The Meyerhold Centre in Moscow and the Artistic Director of the Alexandrinksy Theatre in St. Petersburg. Fokin is decorated with four honorary Russian state awards.-Biography:Fokin was born in...
. It was also performed at the Bolshoi Drama Theatre in 1976 under the helm of Georgi Tovstonogov and by several other notable directors. In 1985, it was made into a film, directed by Georgy Natanson, which Roshchin also adapted the script for. His 1975 play Echelon was staged at the Moscow Theatre, directed by Galina Volchek.
In the 1980s, Roshchin was occupied with writing scripts for films. These include Old New Year (1980), Valentin and Valentina (1985) (film adaptation), Schur Prosvirnyak (1987) and The New Adventures of Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1988). New Adventures of Yankee in King Arthur's Court, an adventure comedy, was directed by Viktor Gres under the Dovzhenko Film Studio banner and was based on American
United States
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author Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist...
's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The book was originally titled A Yankee in King Arthur's Court...
.
From 1993 to 1998, along with Alexei Kazantsev, Roshchin published the magazine "Playwright". From 1998 on until his death Roshchin served as the Chairman of the Board of Creative Playwrights and Directors and in 2007 he was elected Chairman of the Arts Council of the Centre. Roshchin was a recipient of the Stanislavsky Prize of Moscow.
Roshchin was married fours times, to dramatist Tatiana Butrova, journalist Natalia Lavrentieva, and actresses Lidiya Savchenko, and Ekaterina Vasilyeva. He has four children; Tatiana (b. 1956), Natalia (b. 1966), Dmitri (b. 1973) and Alex (b. 1985).
English translations
- Twenty Minutes or So, (story), from Anthology of Soviet Short Stories, Vol 2, Progress Publishers, 1976.
- The Devil's Wheel in Kobuleti, (story), from The New Soviet Fiction, Abbeville Press, 1989.
- First Love, (novel), Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 1991.
Plays
- Seventh Feat Hercules (1963)
- Militia (1965)
- Rainbow Winter (1968)
- Valentin and Valentina (1971)
- Echelon (1975)
Screen
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(1973) - Old New Year (1980)
- Valentin and Valentina (1985)
- Schur Prosvirnyak (1987)
- The New Adventures of Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1988)
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