Anna Alekseyevna Chelishcheva (Russian: Ð Ì Ð½Ð½Ð°
Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ ÐµÌ ÐµÐ²Ð½Ð° Ð§ÐµÐ»Ð¸Ì Ñ‰ÐµÐ²Ð°, 7 April 1848, Vladimir,
Russian Empire â€" 15 November 1934, Moscow, USSR) â€" better known by
her stage name of Anna Brenko ( Ð Ì Ð½Ð½Ð° Ð'Ñ€ÐµÐ½ÐºÐ¾Ì )â€" was a
Russian stage actress, theatrical entrepreneur, playwright, and
memoirist, honored in 1924 with the title of Meritorious Artist of the
RSFSR.Brenko was born in Vladimir in 1848 and first worked as a
teacher. She trained as an actress in St Petersburg and married the
music critic Iosif Levenson.Having made a name for herself at the Maly
Theatre in Moscow, where she organized concerts to gather funds for
exiles in Siberia. The banker Melkiel backed her plans and she
launched the first ever Russian private theatre in 1880 (officially
named the A.A. Brenko Drama Theatre, but popularly known as the
Pushkin Theatre â€" for the simple reason that it was situated close
to Pushkin Square). Brenko paid much higher salaries, insisted on new
scenery and three week rehearsals for productions that included works
by William Shakespeare and Aleksandr Ostrovsky.Brenko shared
management decisions with the actors Modest Pisarev and Vasily
Andreyev-Burlak, although she had the final say. Brenko was driven by
the artistic event and she was exploited by other actors and
directors. The theatre folded for financial reasons in 1882 (to be
later purchased by the entrepreneur Fyodor Korsh).
Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ ÐµÌ ÐµÐ²Ð½Ð° Ð§ÐµÐ»Ð¸Ì Ñ‰ÐµÐ²Ð°, 7 April 1848, Vladimir,
Russian Empire â€" 15 November 1934, Moscow, USSR) â€" better known by
her stage name of Anna Brenko ( Ð Ì Ð½Ð½Ð° Ð'Ñ€ÐµÐ½ÐºÐ¾Ì )â€" was a
Russian stage actress, theatrical entrepreneur, playwright, and
memoirist, honored in 1924 with the title of Meritorious Artist of the
RSFSR.Brenko was born in Vladimir in 1848 and first worked as a
teacher. She trained as an actress in St Petersburg and married the
music critic Iosif Levenson.Having made a name for herself at the Maly
Theatre in Moscow, where she organized concerts to gather funds for
exiles in Siberia. The banker Melkiel backed her plans and she
launched the first ever Russian private theatre in 1880 (officially
named the A.A. Brenko Drama Theatre, but popularly known as the
Pushkin Theatre â€" for the simple reason that it was situated close
to Pushkin Square). Brenko paid much higher salaries, insisted on new
scenery and three week rehearsals for productions that included works
by William Shakespeare and Aleksandr Ostrovsky.Brenko shared
management decisions with the actors Modest Pisarev and Vasily
Andreyev-Burlak, although she had the final say. Brenko was driven by
the artistic event and she was exploited by other actors and
directors. The theatre folded for financial reasons in 1882 (to be
later purchased by the entrepreneur Fyodor Korsh).
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