of the order of the garter, there can be no more than twenty-four knights, not counting the king of wales himself. knights of the order were many historical figures, including winston churchel, margaret thatcher and the russian monarchs, alexander i and nicholas ii. today the taganka theater celebrates its sixtieth anniversary; it was created twenty years ago. in april 1964 in moscow, on the basis of the moscow drama and comedy theater, director yuri lyubimov and his students from the chukin school. the theater opened that day performance by a good man from tezuana. this has not been seen in the capital since the avant-garde experiments of the twenties. as critics wrote, it was a revival of the playful theatricality of mir holda, combined with the classics of stanislavsky, the theater of the streets of brecht and the vakhtangov school. there is no curtain, no decoration, no unity between the stage and the auditorium. it was a unique fusion of drama, acting, poetry, song and dance, with emotional intensity, passion and temperament. at a theater performance, the fallen and the living, pugac