Nikolai Osipovich Massalitinov (Russian: Риколай
ÐžÑ Ð¸Ð¿Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ ÐœÐ°Ñ Ñ Ð°Ð»Ð¸Ñ‚Ð¸Ð½Ð¾Ð², 24 February 1880, Yelets,
Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire, â€" 22 March 1961, Sofia, Bulgaria)
was a Russian (later Bulgarian) stage actor, theatre director and
pedagogue, associated originally with the Moscow Art Theatre and,
since 1925, with Ivan Vazov National Theatre in Bulgaria. The actress
Varvara Massalitinova was his sister.In 1907 Massalitinov, a Maly
Theatre Drama School graduate, was invited, personally by
Stanislavski, to join the MAT troupe. In 1913, alongside Nikolai
Alexandrov and Nikolai Podgorny he co-founded the private Drama
School, the so-called "School of the Three Nikolais", which in 1916
was reformed to become the MAT Second Studio.In 1919 Massalitinov, as
part of the Kachalov Troupe, found himself abroad, cut off from home.
Unlike the majority of the actors, he decided against returning to the
Bolshevist Russia and first joined the Prague-based, Maria
Germanova-led troupe, then in 1925 settled in Bulgaria to become there
a respected director and pedagogue, proponent of the Stanislavski
method. In 1948 he was designated as a Meritorious Artist of the
People's Republic of Bulgaria, and in 1950 won the Dimitrov Prize.
ÐžÑ Ð¸Ð¿Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ ÐœÐ°Ñ Ñ Ð°Ð»Ð¸Ñ‚Ð¸Ð½Ð¾Ð², 24 February 1880, Yelets,
Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire, â€" 22 March 1961, Sofia, Bulgaria)
was a Russian (later Bulgarian) stage actor, theatre director and
pedagogue, associated originally with the Moscow Art Theatre and,
since 1925, with Ivan Vazov National Theatre in Bulgaria. The actress
Varvara Massalitinova was his sister.In 1907 Massalitinov, a Maly
Theatre Drama School graduate, was invited, personally by
Stanislavski, to join the MAT troupe. In 1913, alongside Nikolai
Alexandrov and Nikolai Podgorny he co-founded the private Drama
School, the so-called "School of the Three Nikolais", which in 1916
was reformed to become the MAT Second Studio.In 1919 Massalitinov, as
part of the Kachalov Troupe, found himself abroad, cut off from home.
Unlike the majority of the actors, he decided against returning to the
Bolshevist Russia and first joined the Prague-based, Maria
Germanova-led troupe, then in 1925 settled in Bulgaria to become there
a respected director and pedagogue, proponent of the Stanislavski
method. In 1948 he was designated as a Meritorious Artist of the
People's Republic of Bulgaria, and in 1950 won the Dimitrov Prize.
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