As a boy, Valentin Pluchek wandered around the country as a street child. So he ended up in an orphanage. After that, his interest in art emerged. Infected with Mayakovsky's poetry, Pluchek chose the profession of an actor and theater director. Valentin Nikolaevich's creative works are included in the "golden fund" of the national theatrical art.
From the biography of Valentin Nikolaevich Pluchek
The future famous theater director was born in Moscow on August 22 (according to the new style - September 4), 1909. His cousin Peter Brook was a theater director. The grandfather of Brook and Pluchek was once one of the most prominent architects of Dvinsk (now Daugavpils).
During his childhood, Pluchek did not think about the career of an actor and director. The theater was of the last interest to him: the child lost his father early and did not find a common language with his mother's new husband. Pluchek got along with the street children and left home. He ended up in an orphanage.
Valentin Nikolaevich, talking about himself, admitted that in childhood he showed a variety of creative abilities. First of all, he became interested in the visual arts. In subsequent years, Mayakovsky and Meyerhold became his idols.
Valentin Pluchek: creative path
In 1926, Pluchek became a student of the acting department of the experimental workshop, which was directed by Vs. Meyerhold. A little later, Valentin played a barely noticeable role in "The Inspector General" on the stage of the Meyerhold Theater. But the audience first noticed him in performances based on the works of Mayakovsky. Moreover, this prominent Soviet poet insisted that Pluchek play in the production based on his work.
Already in 1932, Pluchek made an attempt to organize his own theater. The basis for the creative project was the collective of the theater that existed at the Eletrozavod. A few years later, the authorities closed the Meyerhold Theater. After that, Pluchek and his colleagues organized the "Arbuzov Studio". One of the members of the creative group was the later famous Zinovy Gerdt. After the outbreak of the war, the studio fell apart: many actors went to the front. Others stayed to work in the front-line theater. In 1942, Pluchek became the head of the Northern Fleet Theater, where he staged many wonderful performances.
When the war ended, Valentin Nikolaevich headed the Moscow touring theater. However, in 1950, in the midst of the struggle against cosmopolitanism, he was fired. An unemployed director, who knows a lot about creativity, was invited to his Satire Theater by Nikolai Petrov. In subsequent years, the director drew attention to himself with the performances None of Your Business, The Spilled Cup, The Lost Letter, as well as plays based on the works of Mayakovsky Bath, Bedbug, Mystery Buff.
In 1957, Pluchek became the chief director of the Satire Theater. He gathered a wonderful team around him. Among the members of the troupe were Tatiana Peltzer, Olga Aroseva, Vera Vasilieva, Anatoly Papanov, Georgy Menglet. A little later, Andrei Mironov, Alexander Shirvindt, Mikhail Derzhavin, Boris Novikov came to the theater.
Over the years, Pluchek has staged performances of amazing power. He was looking for new performers, brought up young directors. Pluchek continued to work at an advanced age. The director passed away on August 17, 2002. At that time he was working on Goldoni's famous comedy "Servant of Two Masters."
