Мой отец - Борис Ливанов

"V iskusstve kak na velosipede: ili edeshʹ, ili padaeshʹ - stoi͡atʹ nelʹzi͡a", - ėta krylatai͡a fraza velikogo mkhatovt͡sa Borisa Livanova stala tvorcheskim devizom ego syna, zamechatelʹnogo aktera, rezhissera Vasilii͡a Livanova. Kniga posvi͡ashchena pami͡ati odnogo iz samykh vydai͡ushchikhsi͡a akterov sovetskogo teatra - Borisa Nikolaevicha Livanova. Ona soderzhit unikalʹnye materialy: zapiski samogo aktera, pisʹma k nemu K.S. Stanislavskogo i Vl. I. Nemirovicha-Danchenko, statʹi dei͡ateleĭ iskusstva o Livanove.

"In art, it's like riding a bicycle: either you ride or you fall, you can't stand," this catch phrase of the great Moscow Art Theater artist Boris Livanov became the creative motto of his son, a wonderful actor, director Vasily Livanov. The book is dedicated to the memory of one of the most outstanding actors of the Soviet theater — Boris Nikolaevich Livanov. It contains unique materials: notes by the actor himself, letters to him by K.S. Stanislavsky and V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko, articles by artists about Livanov.