“I am always searching for the new form, the new dramatic idea and the new inspiration.”
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Vera Komissarzhevskaya
Vera Fyodorovna Komissarzhevskaya was a Russian actress and theatre manager.
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business · Russian actress and theatre patron (1864–1910) · actor · stage actor · playwright · writer · businessperson · also Vera Komissarzhevskaya, Vera Fyodorovna Komissarzhevskaya, Komissarzhevskaya
Born 1864 · Died 1910 · Q436876
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There was even a biographical film made about the actress' life and career called, Ya - aktrisa ("I am an actress"), starring Natalia Saiko
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1910· 2 entries
Died 1910.
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Became a major public event and media sensation, prompting an enormous outpouring of mourning throughout the Russian Empire and extensive commentary in the press that demonstrated her significant social resonance and pla
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1904· 1 entry
Komissarzhevskaya founded her own theatre in Saint Petersburg, where she appeared in productions of Chekhov's Ivanov and Uncle Vanya, and as Desdemona in William Shakespeare's Othello, Ophelia in Hamlet, and Nora in Ibse
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1896· 1 entry
Began working at Saint Petersburg's Alexandrinsky Theatre, performing in roles such as Rosy in Battle of the Butterflies by Hermann Sudermann and as Larisa in Alexander Ostrovsky's Without a Dowry
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1893· 1 entry
After having acted as an amateur at Konstantin Stanislavski's Society of Art and Literature
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1891· 1 entry
Played the role of Betsy in the first Russian production of Leo Tolstoy's The Fruits of Enlightenment under the direction of Stanislavsky
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1864· 1 entry
Born 1864.
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