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In the middle of the 18th century, Russia had all the conditions for the creation of a national theater.
In 1756, by Decree of Empress Elizabeth, the official opening of the Russian Theater in St. Petersburg took place.
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The first mention of the amateur theater in Kursk has been preserved in archival materials. It was the so-called "Theater of willing comedians", as a transitional form to professional theater. Its participants themselves composed the plots of the performances and played them out usually on the days of fairs.
In the Kursk province, at the famous Root Fair, landowners brought performances from their serf home theaters. The Annenkovs, the Wolkensteins, the Baryatinskys, and the Nelidovs had them.
By the end of the 18th century, there was a need for a permanent theater in Kursk.
Playwright and memoirist Ivan Kupchinsky in his book
«Theater in Kursk», published in 1887, write:
The first mention of the amateur theater in Kursk has been preserved in archival materials. It was the so-called «Theater of willing comedians», as a transitional form to professional theater. Its participants themselves composed the plots of the performances and usually played them on the days of fairs.
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