Fyodor Alexeyevich Burdin (Russian: ФÑ'дор Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ ÐµÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡
Ð'урдин, April 11, 1827 in Moscow, Russian Empire â€" February
24, 1887 in Moscow) was a Russian actor, best remembered for his parts
in the Alexandrinsky Theatre productions of plays by his best friend
Alexander Ostrovsky, whose rise to fame had a lot to do with Burdin's
enthusiasm about the playwright's work, his connections in high places
and considerable entrepreneurial talents.Burdin, who routinely staged
in his home the premiere readings of Ostrovsky's plays and took upon
himself the role of their primal reviewer, enjoyed the right to choose
the leading parts for himself, which he often did at the expense of
productions' quality. Lauded for his role as a catalyst in the general
development of the Russian theatre in the mid-19th-century, Burdin the
actor was unpopular with theatre critics, notably Apollon Grigoriev
who coined the term 'burdinism' to denote what he saw as the
contemporary Russian stage actors' worst flaws: pompousness and
penchant for banality.Burdin translated numerous French vaudevilles;
several 'originals' that he wrote were, in effect, re-makes of the
current French theatre repertoire. In 1876 his 2-volume Collection of
Plays Translated from French came out in Saint Petersburg. He also
authored the Brief Textbook of the Art of Drama (1886, Moscow),
addressed to the young actors, as well as several memoirs, including
"Emperor Nikolay Pavlovich as Remembered by an Actor"
(Ð'Ð¾Ñ Ð¿Ð¾Ð¼Ð¸Ð½Ð°Ð½Ð¸Ñ Ð°Ñ€Ñ‚Ð¸Ñ Ñ‚Ð° об императоре
Риколае Павловиче, Istorichesky Vestnik, 1886. Vol.
23. No. 1) and "Remembering A. N. Ostrovsky" (Из
Ð²Ð¾Ñ Ð¿Ð¾Ð¼Ð¸Ð½Ð°Ð½Ð¸Ð¹ об Ð . И. ÐžÑ Ñ‚Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ñ ÐºÐ¾Ð¼, Vestnik
Evropy, 1886, No. 12).
Ð'урдин, April 11, 1827 in Moscow, Russian Empire â€" February
24, 1887 in Moscow) was a Russian actor, best remembered for his parts
in the Alexandrinsky Theatre productions of plays by his best friend
Alexander Ostrovsky, whose rise to fame had a lot to do with Burdin's
enthusiasm about the playwright's work, his connections in high places
and considerable entrepreneurial talents.Burdin, who routinely staged
in his home the premiere readings of Ostrovsky's plays and took upon
himself the role of their primal reviewer, enjoyed the right to choose
the leading parts for himself, which he often did at the expense of
productions' quality. Lauded for his role as a catalyst in the general
development of the Russian theatre in the mid-19th-century, Burdin the
actor was unpopular with theatre critics, notably Apollon Grigoriev
who coined the term 'burdinism' to denote what he saw as the
contemporary Russian stage actors' worst flaws: pompousness and
penchant for banality.Burdin translated numerous French vaudevilles;
several 'originals' that he wrote were, in effect, re-makes of the
current French theatre repertoire. In 1876 his 2-volume Collection of
Plays Translated from French came out in Saint Petersburg. He also
authored the Brief Textbook of the Art of Drama (1886, Moscow),
addressed to the young actors, as well as several memoirs, including
"Emperor Nikolay Pavlovich as Remembered by an Actor"
(Ð'Ð¾Ñ Ð¿Ð¾Ð¼Ð¸Ð½Ð°Ð½Ð¸Ñ Ð°Ñ€Ñ‚Ð¸Ñ Ñ‚Ð° об императоре
Риколае Павловиче, Istorichesky Vestnik, 1886. Vol.
23. No. 1) and "Remembering A. N. Ostrovsky" (Из
Ð²Ð¾Ñ Ð¿Ð¾Ð¼Ð¸Ð½Ð°Ð½Ð¸Ð¹ об Ð . И. ÐžÑ Ñ‚Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ñ ÐºÐ¾Ð¼, Vestnik
Evropy, 1886, No. 12).
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