Kanabek Baiseitov

He was taught literacy by a mullah and, at the age of 15, became a teacher at a rural school for adult literacy. He worked as secretary of the revolutionary committee, head of the volost committee, and chief of the district police department. In 1925, he entered the Kazakh Pedagogical Technical School. Even during his student years, he was recognized as a talented amateur actor: in 1926, he played the lead role in the play "Arkalyk Batyr" by Zh. Shanina. In 1927, he organized the Workers' Youth Theater, where he became the chief director. From 1929, he was an actor at the Kazakh Drama Theater (now the M. O. Auezov Kazakh State Academic Drama Theater), which, in 1933, relocated from Kyzylorda to Almaty due to the transfer of the capital. In 1934, he participated in the establishment of the Kazakh Musical Theater (now the Abai Kazakh State Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet) in Almaty with the production of the musical comedy "Ayman-Sholpan" by M. Auezov and I. Kotsyk, where Kanabe...