Alexander Leonidovich von Fessing (Russian: Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ Ð°Ð½Ð´Ñ€
Леонидович фон Ð¤ÐµÑ Ñ Ð¸Ð½Ð³, 17 January 1877 - 12
November 1941) was a Yelisavetgrad-born Russian and Ukrainian, Soviet
actor and theatre director, better known under his stage name Zagarov
(Загаров).A Moscow Philharmonic Drama School graduate (where he
studied under Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko), Zagarov joined the
Moscow Art Theatre (where his father was an administrator)[note 1] in
1898 and stayed with it (with breaks) until 1906. His best-known roles
here included Kleshch (The Lower Depths), Sorin (The Seagull), Publius
and Pindarus (Julius Caesar). All the while he worked in the Yaroslavl
theatre (where he debuted as a director in 1901), was actively
involved with Meyerhold's New Drama and (since 1901) read drama at the
Philharmonic Drama School.In 1909-1910 he headed the Korsh Theatre;
then moved to Alexandrinka to act and direct (1910-1916). After 1917
Zagarov worked for ten years in Ukraine. From 1921 to 1927 while in
exile, he directed at the Ukrainian Discourse Theatre and Uzhgorod
Theater "Prosvita". He taught at the Lviv Drama School, published
letters to defend the Ukrainian language in Western Ukraine. In 1924
he played the role of a Ukrainian peasant in the German film "Golden
Wolf". He headed the city theatres in Kiev and Kharkiv, and co-founded
the Donetsk Music and Drama Theatre. Later he worked in Penza,
Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Kovrov and Saratov. In 1940 Zagarov was
honoured with the title Meritorious Practitioner of Arts of RSFSR.
"The master of high culture, tireless experimentor and a proponent of
the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko's ideas," was how the
Theatre Encyclopedia described him.
Леонидович фон Ð¤ÐµÑ Ñ Ð¸Ð½Ð³, 17 January 1877 - 12
November 1941) was a Yelisavetgrad-born Russian and Ukrainian, Soviet
actor and theatre director, better known under his stage name Zagarov
(Загаров).A Moscow Philharmonic Drama School graduate (where he
studied under Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko), Zagarov joined the
Moscow Art Theatre (where his father was an administrator)[note 1] in
1898 and stayed with it (with breaks) until 1906. His best-known roles
here included Kleshch (The Lower Depths), Sorin (The Seagull), Publius
and Pindarus (Julius Caesar). All the while he worked in the Yaroslavl
theatre (where he debuted as a director in 1901), was actively
involved with Meyerhold's New Drama and (since 1901) read drama at the
Philharmonic Drama School.In 1909-1910 he headed the Korsh Theatre;
then moved to Alexandrinka to act and direct (1910-1916). After 1917
Zagarov worked for ten years in Ukraine. From 1921 to 1927 while in
exile, he directed at the Ukrainian Discourse Theatre and Uzhgorod
Theater "Prosvita". He taught at the Lviv Drama School, published
letters to defend the Ukrainian language in Western Ukraine. In 1924
he played the role of a Ukrainian peasant in the German film "Golden
Wolf". He headed the city theatres in Kiev and Kharkiv, and co-founded
the Donetsk Music and Drama Theatre. Later he worked in Penza,
Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Kovrov and Saratov. In 1940 Zagarov was
honoured with the title Meritorious Practitioner of Arts of RSFSR.
"The master of high culture, tireless experimentor and a proponent of
the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko's ideas," was how the
Theatre Encyclopedia described him.
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