Legacy
Nemirovich-Danchenko opened for theatre a true sense of Chekhov and Gorky plays, a prose of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. It has been said that "If Stanislavsky was the soul of Art Theatre, then Nemirovich was its heart".
He could create own theatre world but he didn't like the experiments of Stanislavsky with theatre studios. He created an "acting" and "directing" style of the Moscow Art Theatre, "actors ensemble" and "atmosphere". Because of this the Moscow Art Theatre was considered the best theatre of the world at that time. But Nemirovich didn't write down his "system" of acting and we know only the "system of Stanislavsky" (or "Stanislavsky's system").
Nemirovich-Danchenko was one of the very first recipients of the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1936. Later, he was awarded the USSR State Prize (1942, 1943), Order of Lenin, and Order of the Red Banner of Labour. His descendants continue to work in the theatre he founded.
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