Aleksei Dikiy
| Aleksei Dikiy | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Born |
Aleksei Denisovich Dikij February 24, 1889  Ekaterinoslav, Russian Empire
|
| Died | October 1, 1955 (aged 66) Moscow, USSR
|
| Years active | 1909 - 1955 |
Aleksei Dikiy (Russian: Алексей Денисович Дикий) (February 24, 1889 - October 1, 1955) was a Soviet actor and director who worked at Moscow Art Theatre and later worked with Habima Jewish theatre in Tel-Aviv. He was arrested and imprisoned in Gulag under the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin but later played the role of Joseph Stalin in several films.
He was born Aleksei Denisovich Dikiy on February 24, 1889, in Ekaterinoslav, Russian Empire, now Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. At young age he moved to Kharkiv, where his sister, named Maria Sukhodolska - Dikova, was a popular actress, and she helped him to become an actor. Young Dikiy made his acting debut at the age of 6, on stage of the Kharkiv Drama under the directorship of Oleksi Sukhodolskiy.
In 1909 he moved to Moscow with the assistance of I. Uralov, actor of Moscow Art Theatre. There Dikij studied acting under S. Khalyutina and K. Mardzhanov. Then Dikiy studied under Konstantin Stanislavski and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, and was hired as an actor at the Moscow Art Theater in 1910. He admired the stage works of Michael Chekhov and was his partner on stage. In 1922 Dikiy followed Michael Chekhov in the formation of the second Moscow Art Theater, MKhAT-2. There his artistic rivalry with Michael Chekhov turned into a bitter dispute, and Dikiy left Moscow Art Theatre in 1928. At that time he also worked as director with the Jewish Chamber Theatre in Moscow.
In 1928 Aleksei Dikiy received invitation to work in Tel-Aviv. There he worked as director with Habima, the Jewish theatre troupe, which emigrated from Russia. Dikiy directed two successful plays for Habima in Tel-Aviv. On December 29, 1928, he premiered Der Oytser (The Treasure), a play by Sholom Aleichem, which became an artistic and financial success. On May 23, 1929, he premiered The Crown, a play by David Calderon. With the success of Dikij's directorship Habima became established as a national Jewish theatre, and Dikiy gained international reputation as an innovative director.
...
Wikipedia