Vasil (Vaso) Abashidze (Georgian: ვრსრ(ვრსილ)
რáƒ'რშიძáƒ"; Russian: Ð'Ð°Ñ Ð¸Ì Ð»Ð¸Ð¹ Ð Ð±Ð°ÑˆÐ¸Ì Ð´Ð·Ðµ)
(December 4, 1854 â€" October 9, 1926) was a Georgian theater actor
and a founder of a realistic acting tradition in Georgia.Born in
Dusheti, Georgia, then part of Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire,
Abashidze worked as a teacher in Kutaisi and Azerbaijan. At the same
time, he played for amateur theatre troupes in Kutaisi. In 1879, he
joined the renewed professional Georgian dramatic troupe in Tiflis and
featured in comedies by both Georgian and foreign authors. His best
roles included Famusov (Griboyedov’s Woe from Wit), Khlestakov
(Gogol’s The Government Inspector), Belogubov and Iusov (Alexander
Ostrovsky’s A Lucrative Post), and Tartuffe and Argan (Molière’s
The Imaginary Invalid). He translated and adapted over 42 comedies and
vaudevilles, and in 1885 he founded the theatrical paper Teatri ("The
Theater"). In 1922, he was granted the title of People's Artist by
Soviet Georgia. Abashidze’s name has been given to the Tbilisi Music
and Drama State Theatre. He died in Tbilisi and he is buried at the
Mtatsminda Pantheon of Writers and Public Figures.In 1879 he married
the actress Mako Saparova (1860â€"1940), later People's Artist of
Georgia (1925). Their daughter Anastasia (Taso) Abashidze
(1881â€"1958) was also a theatre actress.
რáƒ'რშიძáƒ"; Russian: Ð'Ð°Ñ Ð¸Ì Ð»Ð¸Ð¹ Ð Ð±Ð°ÑˆÐ¸Ì Ð´Ð·Ðµ)
(December 4, 1854 â€" October 9, 1926) was a Georgian theater actor
and a founder of a realistic acting tradition in Georgia.Born in
Dusheti, Georgia, then part of Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire,
Abashidze worked as a teacher in Kutaisi and Azerbaijan. At the same
time, he played for amateur theatre troupes in Kutaisi. In 1879, he
joined the renewed professional Georgian dramatic troupe in Tiflis and
featured in comedies by both Georgian and foreign authors. His best
roles included Famusov (Griboyedov’s Woe from Wit), Khlestakov
(Gogol’s The Government Inspector), Belogubov and Iusov (Alexander
Ostrovsky’s A Lucrative Post), and Tartuffe and Argan (Molière’s
The Imaginary Invalid). He translated and adapted over 42 comedies and
vaudevilles, and in 1885 he founded the theatrical paper Teatri ("The
Theater"). In 1922, he was granted the title of People's Artist by
Soviet Georgia. Abashidze’s name has been given to the Tbilisi Music
and Drama State Theatre. He died in Tbilisi and he is buried at the
Mtatsminda Pantheon of Writers and Public Figures.In 1879 he married
the actress Mako Saparova (1860â€"1940), later People's Artist of
Georgia (1925). Their daughter Anastasia (Taso) Abashidze
(1881â€"1958) was also a theatre actress.
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