Modest Ivanovich Pisarev (Russian: ÐœÐ¾Ð´ÐµÑ Ñ‚ Иванович
ÐŸÐ¸Ñ Ð°Ñ€ÐµÐ², 14 February 1844 â€" 13 October 1905) was a
Kashira-born Russian stage actor, reader in drama and theatre critic.A
Moscow University graduate, Pisarev earned the reputation of a true
intellectual of Russian theatre stage, who always "preferred to play
thinkers, not lovers." He started to act professionally in 1867 in
Simbirsk, later he moved to Orenburg, then worked for some time in
Moscow, in Anna Brenko's Pushkin Theatre troupe and Korsh Theatre
(which he was a co-founder of), before joining the Saint Petersburg's
Alexandrinka in 1885.Pisarev, who debuted as a 15-year-old as Tishka
in Ostrovsky's Family Affair (in which the author himself played the
leading role), excelled in the great dramatist's repertoire (Rusakov
in Stay in Your Own Sled, Neschastlivtsev in The Forest). Profoundly
influenced by both Ostrovsky's work and his artistic mindset, Pisarev
authored numerous in-depth critical reviews of his plays, notably of
The Storm, in 1860. He also compiled and edited the first edition of
the Complete Ostrovsky (Saint Petersburg, 1904-1905) and was
instrumental in its publishing.The actress Polina Strepetova was his
wife.
ÐŸÐ¸Ñ Ð°Ñ€ÐµÐ², 14 February 1844 â€" 13 October 1905) was a
Kashira-born Russian stage actor, reader in drama and theatre critic.A
Moscow University graduate, Pisarev earned the reputation of a true
intellectual of Russian theatre stage, who always "preferred to play
thinkers, not lovers." He started to act professionally in 1867 in
Simbirsk, later he moved to Orenburg, then worked for some time in
Moscow, in Anna Brenko's Pushkin Theatre troupe and Korsh Theatre
(which he was a co-founder of), before joining the Saint Petersburg's
Alexandrinka in 1885.Pisarev, who debuted as a 15-year-old as Tishka
in Ostrovsky's Family Affair (in which the author himself played the
leading role), excelled in the great dramatist's repertoire (Rusakov
in Stay in Your Own Sled, Neschastlivtsev in The Forest). Profoundly
influenced by both Ostrovsky's work and his artistic mindset, Pisarev
authored numerous in-depth critical reviews of his plays, notably of
The Storm, in 1860. He also compiled and edited the first edition of
the Complete Ostrovsky (Saint Petersburg, 1904-1905) and was
instrumental in its publishing.The actress Polina Strepetova was his
wife.
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