Yevgeny Vakhtangov, Russian-Armenian actor and director (died 1922)

Yevgeny Vakhtangov

Russian actor and theatre director

Yevgeny Bagrationovich Vakhtangov was a Russian actor and theatre director who founded the Vakhtangov Theatre. He was a friend and mentor of Michael Chekhov. He is known for his distinctive style of theatre, his most notable production being Princess Turandot in 1922.