The world of the Tatar theatre in the drawings of its director Prazat Isanbet

Isanbet Prazat Nakievich (1927-2001) was an actor, director, People’s Artist of the TASSR (1981), Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1986). The article systematizes information about him as a talented artist. Our analysis is based on his 57 drawings, grotesques (from French - caricatures) and caricatures. In these drawings, Prazat Isanbet depicted the main events of theatrical life. This is a kind of visual drama, scenes of authentic theatrical life. To convey the characteristic features of his images, he relied on a geometric shape with stable associations related to the inner world of the portrayed people.