Sergey Vasilyevich Vasilyev (Russian: Сергей
Ð'Ð°Ñ Ð¸Ð»ÑŒÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð'Ð°Ñ Ð¸Ð»ÑŒÐµÐ²; 19 September 1827 in Moscow,
Imperial Russia â€" 17 June 1862 in Moscow, Imperial Russia) was a
prominent Russian stage actor, a mid-19th century star of the Moscow
Maly Theatre.Originally a comic actor, in 1844â€"1853 Vasilyev played
150 vaudevillian parts at the Maly. "Vasilyev's [was] Russian
theatre's not just the best but the only true Khlestakov," Prov
Sadovsky argued. In the 1850s he became more involved in serious
Russian drama, and Alexander Ostrovsky once remarked that it was in
Vasilyev that "he'd found 'a perfect performer, one of those actors
whom drama authors so eagerly look for and so rarely meet'." On 16
November 1859, Ostrovsky's best-known play The Storm was premiered at
Maly, as a benefit for Vasilyev (who played Tikhon on this particular
occasion).
Ð'Ð°Ñ Ð¸Ð»ÑŒÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð'Ð°Ñ Ð¸Ð»ÑŒÐµÐ²; 19 September 1827 in Moscow,
Imperial Russia â€" 17 June 1862 in Moscow, Imperial Russia) was a
prominent Russian stage actor, a mid-19th century star of the Moscow
Maly Theatre.Originally a comic actor, in 1844â€"1853 Vasilyev played
150 vaudevillian parts at the Maly. "Vasilyev's [was] Russian
theatre's not just the best but the only true Khlestakov," Prov
Sadovsky argued. In the 1850s he became more involved in serious
Russian drama, and Alexander Ostrovsky once remarked that it was in
Vasilyev that "he'd found 'a perfect performer, one of those actors
whom drama authors so eagerly look for and so rarely meet'." On 16
November 1859, Ostrovsky's best-known play The Storm was premiered at
Maly, as a benefit for Vasilyev (who played Tikhon on this particular
occasion).
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