you are: the Father of Russian theatre

On August, 30th, 1756 the decree of the empress has been published: ' we Russian for representation of tragedies and comedies Have enjoined to found now theatre for which to give the Golovkinsky stone house, that on Vasilevsky to island near the Cadet house. And for this purpose have enjoined to type actors and actresses: actors from trained choristers and jaroslavtsev in a military school which to that will be nadobny, and in addition to them of actors from other not serving people, as well actresses decent number... The Management of that Russian theatre is entrusted from us to foreman Alexander Sumarokov... '

Soon the theatre has been translated in a premise of court theatre nearby to the Summer garden, then has been compelled to move to other premise, after it - in the third etc. Russian actors and the theatre director lived in incomparable more the than worst conditions, than the French actors and the director of their troupe. The French troupe received in a year 25 Open Companies, and Russian 7000 roubles. Sumarokov received the salary irregularly; he addressed for money to the secretary of office, that sent it to gofmarshalu, from gofmarshala to asessoru, and that again to the secretary: ' It in Russian so, - Sumarokov sadly exclaimed, - ottoleva was doseleva, and otseleva was dotoleva: and I, meanwhile, have nothing to eat... ' In even more worst conditions there was F.Volkov and other actors: they sat sometimes half-starving, it is nothing them was to put on.