Vladimir (Lado) Alexi-Meskhishvili, Lado Meskhishivili, or
Alekseev-Meskhiev (Georgian: ვლრáƒ"იმáƒ"რ[ლრáƒ"რ]
რლáƒ"ქსი-მáƒ"სხიშვილი) (February 16, 1857
â€" November 24, 1920), was a Georgian theater actor and director. He
is buried at the Didube Pantheon in Tbilisi. His son was Shalva
Aleksi-Meskhishvili, a Georgian jurist and politician.Born in Tbilisi,
Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili studied medicine at the University of Moscow.
Illness forced him to abandon studies and return to Georgia, where he
worked as a teacher in Telavi. After medical studies and amateur
acting, he joined the Tbilisi Georgian-language troupe in 1881,
running it from 1890 to 1896 and from 1910 to 1914, and the Kutaisi
Theater from 1897 to 1906 and again from 1914 to 1915. He also played
in Russian troupes from 1887 to 1990 and from 1906 to 1910, including
the Moscow Art Theatre (1906â€"1907). In 1916-1918, during a stay in
Russia, he played in the films: Fathers and Children, Lost Necklace,
The Shame of the Orlovs, and Three Thieves, amongst others.A
flamboyantly heroic actor, Aleksi-Meskhishvili used his performances
to promote revolutionary ideas, and even engaged in barricade fighting
during the Russian Revolution of 1905. He staged more than one hundred
plays and translated many dramatic writings. His success, particularly
in the musical comedies of his youth, is thought to be thanks to his
ear for music and an exceptional voice. An example of how much he was
loved and respected is the case of his 1903 illness when public
awareness of the fact resulted in Georgian society gathering together
the funds to send him to Vienna for medical treatment. In 1930,
Aleksi-Meskhishvili was posthumously granted the title of People's
Artist by Soviet Georgia. Aleksi-Meskhishvili's name was given to the
Kutaisi Drama Theatre in 1940.
Alekseev-Meskhiev (Georgian: ვლრáƒ"იმáƒ"რ[ლრáƒ"რ]
რლáƒ"ქსი-მáƒ"სხიშვილი) (February 16, 1857
â€" November 24, 1920), was a Georgian theater actor and director. He
is buried at the Didube Pantheon in Tbilisi. His son was Shalva
Aleksi-Meskhishvili, a Georgian jurist and politician.Born in Tbilisi,
Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili studied medicine at the University of Moscow.
Illness forced him to abandon studies and return to Georgia, where he
worked as a teacher in Telavi. After medical studies and amateur
acting, he joined the Tbilisi Georgian-language troupe in 1881,
running it from 1890 to 1896 and from 1910 to 1914, and the Kutaisi
Theater from 1897 to 1906 and again from 1914 to 1915. He also played
in Russian troupes from 1887 to 1990 and from 1906 to 1910, including
the Moscow Art Theatre (1906â€"1907). In 1916-1918, during a stay in
Russia, he played in the films: Fathers and Children, Lost Necklace,
The Shame of the Orlovs, and Three Thieves, amongst others.A
flamboyantly heroic actor, Aleksi-Meskhishvili used his performances
to promote revolutionary ideas, and even engaged in barricade fighting
during the Russian Revolution of 1905. He staged more than one hundred
plays and translated many dramatic writings. His success, particularly
in the musical comedies of his youth, is thought to be thanks to his
ear for music and an exceptional voice. An example of how much he was
loved and respected is the case of his 1903 illness when public
awareness of the fact resulted in Georgian society gathering together
the funds to send him to Vienna for medical treatment. In 1930,
Aleksi-Meskhishvili was posthumously granted the title of People's
Artist by Soviet Georgia. Aleksi-Meskhishvili's name was given to the
Kutaisi Drama Theatre in 1940.
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