Memorial relief sculpture to Voldemar Panso

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The memorial is a bronze and granite plaque with a relief depiction of Voldemar Panso. The following inscription in Estonian is on the plaque: 19201977 VOLDEMAR PANSOlavastaja lavakooliasutaja 1957 ja juht eestimuusika ja teatriakadeemiaLAVAKUNSTIKOOL [ENGLISH TRANSLATION] 1920-1977 Voldemar PansoDirector of the theatre schoolfounder (1957) and head EstonianMusic and Theatre AcademyDrama School   Born Nov. 30, 1920, in Tallinn. Soviet Estonian actor, director, and teacher. People’s Artist of the Estonian SSR (1968). Candidate of art history (1964). In 1941, Panso graduated from the Tallinn School of Theatrical Art, and in 1955 from the directing department of the State Institute of Theatrical Arts. From 1941 to 1950, 1955 to 1958, and 1964 to 1965 he worked in the V. Kingissepp Estonian Theater in Tallinn; in 1970 he became the theatre’s principal director. He founded the Estonian Youth Theater in Tallinn and was its principal director from 1965 to 1970.