Dawns. Verkharn E.

Emil Verkharn (1855–1916) - Belgian franco -speaking poet and playwright, one of the founders of symbolism. “If you find a top and ask him a question, he will answer a parabola in which every word sounds like a knock of iron, and will conclude his speech with a new strong blow to the underwear,” Remi de Gurmon speaks in the “Book of Mask” about the book of masks This writer and poet. Iron and fire are especially brightly displayed in the revolutionary play “Dawns”. Here, poetry is invested in the mouth of the actors - fighters with tyranny, defeating it. Verkharn predicted a socialist revolution. The first production in Russia took place on November 7, 1920. It was with it that the first theater of the RSFSR (later theater named after the Armed Forces of Meyerhold), the directors were Vsevolod Meyerhold and Valery Bebutov.