Alexey Alexandrovich Stakhovich (Russian: Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ ÐµÐ¹
Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ Ð°Ð½Ð´Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Стахович, 2 February 1856 â€" 10
March 1919) was a high-ranking Imperial Russian Chevalier Guard
Regiment officer who in the early 1900s became a popular stage actor,
associated with Moscow Art Theatre.Born in Saint Petersburg to a
well-off noble Oryol-based family with strong artistic traditions (his
grandfather was a published playwright, father admired Italian opera
and French comedy), Stakhovich made a successful career in the
military and was a one-time adjutant for Grand Duke Sergei
Alexandrovich of Russia. Retired from the service in 1907 as a major
general, he became a co-manager of the Moscow Art Theatre which he had
been a co-owner of, since 1902. His 1911 stage debut as Prince
Abrezkov in The Living Corpse caused sensation and since then his
stage appearances never failed to agitate the public, even if the
critics were ambivalent about his artistic range. He started to appear
in films in 1915 and two years later joined the Russian Provisional
Government as the head of its Theatre Commission.Stakhovich, who
taught 'high class manners' in the MAT school, "...was a gifted man
who deeply understood art, but hardly a strong actor... a mere raw
material, for he started too late, grasping instantly those technical
methods he understood best," argued Prince Sergey Volkonsky.
"Stakhovich was not an actor, rather a mannikin of aristocrat. His
best part was that of Stepan Verkhovensky in Nikolai Stavrogin [based
on Besy by Dostoyevsky], where he was just himself," theatre historian
Vadim Shverubovich opined.On 10 March 1919, outraged by the atrocities
committed by the Bolshevist regime and suffering from severe
depression, Stakhovich committed suicide by hanging. Marina Tsvetayeva
described the effect this had upon the artistic circles of Moscow (and
left an expressive portrait of the man) in her essay "The Death of
Stakhovich". He is interred in Novodevichye Cemetery in Moscow.
Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ Ð°Ð½Ð´Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Стахович, 2 February 1856 â€" 10
March 1919) was a high-ranking Imperial Russian Chevalier Guard
Regiment officer who in the early 1900s became a popular stage actor,
associated with Moscow Art Theatre.Born in Saint Petersburg to a
well-off noble Oryol-based family with strong artistic traditions (his
grandfather was a published playwright, father admired Italian opera
and French comedy), Stakhovich made a successful career in the
military and was a one-time adjutant for Grand Duke Sergei
Alexandrovich of Russia. Retired from the service in 1907 as a major
general, he became a co-manager of the Moscow Art Theatre which he had
been a co-owner of, since 1902. His 1911 stage debut as Prince
Abrezkov in The Living Corpse caused sensation and since then his
stage appearances never failed to agitate the public, even if the
critics were ambivalent about his artistic range. He started to appear
in films in 1915 and two years later joined the Russian Provisional
Government as the head of its Theatre Commission.Stakhovich, who
taught 'high class manners' in the MAT school, "...was a gifted man
who deeply understood art, but hardly a strong actor... a mere raw
material, for he started too late, grasping instantly those technical
methods he understood best," argued Prince Sergey Volkonsky.
"Stakhovich was not an actor, rather a mannikin of aristocrat. His
best part was that of Stepan Verkhovensky in Nikolai Stavrogin [based
on Besy by Dostoyevsky], where he was just himself," theatre historian
Vadim Shverubovich opined.On 10 March 1919, outraged by the atrocities
committed by the Bolshevist regime and suffering from severe
depression, Stakhovich committed suicide by hanging. Marina Tsvetayeva
described the effect this had upon the artistic circles of Moscow (and
left an expressive portrait of the man) in her essay "The Death of
Stakhovich". He is interred in Novodevichye Cemetery in Moscow.
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