Nikolai Alexandrov (actor)
| Nikolai Alexandrov | |
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| Born |
Nikolai Grigoryevich Alexandrov Николай Григорьевич Александров 21 December 1870 Moscow, Russian Empire |
| Died |
3 November 1930 (aged 59) Moscow, U.S.S.R. |
| Occupation | stage actor |
Nikolai Grigoryevich Alexandrov (Russian: Николай Григорьевич Александров, 21 December 1870, Moscow, Imperial Russia, — 3 November 1930, Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Russian stage actor, theatre director and drama teacher, associated with Moscow Art Theatre.[1]
Having joined the Stanislavski troupe in 1898, he remained with it for the rest of his life. Among the parts that he was the first performer of here, were Yasha (The Cherry Orchard, 1904), Pig (The Blue Bird, 1908), Korobkin (Revizor, 1908), Artemyev (The Living Corpse, 1911).
According to Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Alexandrov's greatest gift was that of a director's assistant, and as such he "was unequalled probably in the whole history of Russian theatre."
In 1913 Alexandrov became a co-founder (with Nikolai Massalitinov and Nikolai Podgorny) of the private Drama School, also known as "the School of the Three Nikolais" (Школа трёх Николаев), which in 1916 was reformed into the MAT Second Studio. In 1928 Alexandrov was awarded the title Meritorious Artist of RSFSR.[1]
References
- 1 2 Nikolai Alexandrov's page at the Moscow Art Theatre site