Vasily Ivanovich Kachalov (Russian: Ð'Ð°Ñ Ð¸Ð»Ð¸Ð¹ Иванович
Качалов; 11 February [O.S. 30 January] 1875 â€" 30 September
1948), was one of Russia's most renowned actors. He worked closely and
often with Konstantin Stanislavski. He led the so-called Kachalov
Group within the Moscow Art Theatre. It was Kachalov who played Hamlet
in the Symbolist production of 1911.His father was Ivan Shverubovich,
a Belarusian Orthodox priest from Vilnius. His schoolmates at the
local college included Felix Dzerzhinsky and Konstantinas Galkauskas.
In 1896, he left the law department of Saint Petersburg University in
order to pursue an acting career. After four years of touring the
Russian provinces and a brief stint at the Suvorin Theatre, Kachalov
made his debut at the Moscow Art Theatre as Tsar Berendey in The Snow
Maiden (spring 1900).The snow maiden was played by Stanislavski's
wife, Maria Lilina, who fell in love with Kachalov; she described
their affair as "a touch of private happiness". Another of his lovers
was Alisa Koonen. He met his wife, actress Nina Litovtseva, when they
were acting in the Kazan Drama Theatre, one of Russia's
oldest.Kachalov was greatly admired for his "magnetic" voice. He
played Baron Tuzenbach after Meyerhold's departure from the theatre.
In the original 1904 production of The Cherry Orchard he appeared as
Trofimov. He starred in Nemirovich-Danchenko's production of Ivanov
later that year. All in all, he took more than 50 roles in
Stanislavski's company.
Качалов; 11 February [O.S. 30 January] 1875 â€" 30 September
1948), was one of Russia's most renowned actors. He worked closely and
often with Konstantin Stanislavski. He led the so-called Kachalov
Group within the Moscow Art Theatre. It was Kachalov who played Hamlet
in the Symbolist production of 1911.His father was Ivan Shverubovich,
a Belarusian Orthodox priest from Vilnius. His schoolmates at the
local college included Felix Dzerzhinsky and Konstantinas Galkauskas.
In 1896, he left the law department of Saint Petersburg University in
order to pursue an acting career. After four years of touring the
Russian provinces and a brief stint at the Suvorin Theatre, Kachalov
made his debut at the Moscow Art Theatre as Tsar Berendey in The Snow
Maiden (spring 1900).The snow maiden was played by Stanislavski's
wife, Maria Lilina, who fell in love with Kachalov; she described
their affair as "a touch of private happiness". Another of his lovers
was Alisa Koonen. He met his wife, actress Nina Litovtseva, when they
were acting in the Kazan Drama Theatre, one of Russia's
oldest.Kachalov was greatly admired for his "magnetic" voice. He
played Baron Tuzenbach after Meyerhold's departure from the theatre.
In the original 1904 production of The Cherry Orchard he appeared as
Trofimov. He starred in Nemirovich-Danchenko's production of Ivanov
later that year. All in all, he took more than 50 roles in
Stanislavski's company.
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