Feodor Grigorevicha Volkova (1728 – 1763) V.G.Belinsky named ' the father of Russian teatara '. Wolves of veins in Yaroslavl, was the stepson of a merchant and businessman F.Plushkina. Yaroslavl was at that time the big commercial and industrial city. In its vicinities, in manors there were serf theatres, and in the city, in houses of landowners and merchants ' eager comedians ' gave performances. So, in 1750 in the house of a merchant of Grigory Serova ' the comedy ' was made. At performance there was Alexey Volkov - brother Feodor. Inhabitants of Yaroslavl could see national dramas: ' the Boat ', ' Parsley ', ' the Tsar the Tyrant '. In Yaroslavl there was a theological seminary, in which podvizalsja in XVIII century playwright Dmitry Rostovsky (Daniel Savvich Tuptalo, 1651-1709), the author of plays ' the Christmas drama ' and other products. Dmitry Rostovsky, unlike many church figures, supported Peter I reforms. Dmitry's pupils Rostov have written a comedy ' the Wreath slavopobednomu to martyr Dmitry '. Feodor Volkov has been directed by the twelve years boy for training to merchant and factory business to Petersburg and Moscow. In Petersburg has casually got on amateur theatricals to the Shljahetsky military school; has seen Sumarokov's tragedy ' Sinav and Truvor '. It was typical product of dramatic art of the classicism, satisfying to all its rules and canons. Princes, notable grandees, the boyars allocated with raised passions were its heroes. The tragedy consisted of dialogues and monologue. Actors-cadets, accurately rapping out verses and polustishija, recited roles, admiring beauty of the voice, used beautiful, majestic gestures, in especially pathetic places shout and even tears sounded, to gait, to a pose aspired to give regularity and nobleness. Persons of actors have always been turned to the spectator. Suits consisted of caftans, pudrenyh wigs - corresponded to a palace fashion of the middle of XVIII century

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