A person’s role and place in Kote Marjanishvili’s expressionist performances

In the 1920s the expressionistic movement covered many areas of art, but it found greatest popularity in German theatrical art. Expressionistic theatre is characterized by: expressing the ideas directly, abstract characters who are embodiments of social functions. In dramaturgy, a person has become an addition to the profession chosen by himself/herself. Throughout his creative career Kote Marjanishvili, the famous Georgian theatre director, constantly searched for new theatrical forms and techniques. Therefore, it is not surprising that he not only staged works by expressionist playwrights first at the Rustaveli Theatre, and then at the Marjanishvili Theater, but he also used expressionist performance techniques and scenographic approaches in combination with traditional Georgian theatre art. Marjanishvili staged plays of different genres or forms. Most importantly, he was never content with his achievements. He was a director in constant search. Marjanishvili was the first who used cinematic techniques in Georgian theatre.