Nadezhda Mikhaylovna Medvedeva (Russian: Радежда
Михайловна Медведева, 6 October 1832, Moscow,
Imperial Russia,â€"24 September 1899, Corfu, Greece) was a Russian
stage actress associated with Maly Theatre in Moscow.A daughter of the
actress Akulina Medvedeva (1796-1895) and a Mikhail Shchepkin's
student, Nadezhda Medvedeva made her successful debut on stage at age
14 as Agnesa in Moliere's L'École des femmes but for a while remained
shadowed by stars like Lyubov Nikulina-Kositskaya, Ekaterina Vasilyeva
and Nadezhda Rykalova. In 1854, after a two-year stint at the Odessa
Theatre she returned to become Maly's leading actress but made her
breakthrough later in the plays by Alexander Ostrovsky who wrote
several parts (like that of Gurmyzhskaya in The Forest) especially for
her.Medvedeva trained a young Maria Yermolova, while Konstantin
Stanislavski drew inspiration from her performances at the Maly at the
beginning of his career, describing her as his "teacher."
Михайловна Медведева, 6 October 1832, Moscow,
Imperial Russia,â€"24 September 1899, Corfu, Greece) was a Russian
stage actress associated with Maly Theatre in Moscow.A daughter of the
actress Akulina Medvedeva (1796-1895) and a Mikhail Shchepkin's
student, Nadezhda Medvedeva made her successful debut on stage at age
14 as Agnesa in Moliere's L'École des femmes but for a while remained
shadowed by stars like Lyubov Nikulina-Kositskaya, Ekaterina Vasilyeva
and Nadezhda Rykalova. In 1854, after a two-year stint at the Odessa
Theatre she returned to become Maly's leading actress but made her
breakthrough later in the plays by Alexander Ostrovsky who wrote
several parts (like that of Gurmyzhskaya in The Forest) especially for
her.Medvedeva trained a young Maria Yermolova, while Konstantin
Stanislavski drew inspiration from her performances at the Maly at the
beginning of his career, describing her as his "teacher."
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