Vera Komissarzhevskaya
| Vera Komissarzhevskaya | |
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Vera Komissarzhevskaya before 1910.
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| Born |
Ве́ра Фё́доровна Комиссарже́вская Vera Fyodorovna Komissarzhevskaya 8 November 1864 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | 23 February 1910 (aged 45) Tashkent, Russian Empire |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Organization |
Alexandrinsky Theatre Komissarjevsky Theatre |
| Known for | Patron to Vsevolod Meyerhold |
| Notable work | • Originated role of "Nina" in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull (1897) • Starred in Meyerhold's symbolist version of Hedda Gabler (1906) |
| Spouse(s) | [(Count Vladimir Leonidovich Muravyov)] |
| Parent(s) |
Fyodor Komissarzhevsky Mariya Nikolaevna Shulgina |
| Relatives | Theodore Komisarjevsky |
Vera Fyodorovna Komissarzhevskaya (Russian: Ве́ра Фё́доровна Комиссарже́вская; 8 November 1864 – 23 February 1910) was one of the most celebrated actresses and theatre managers of the late Russian Empire. She made her professional debut in 1893, after having acted as an amateur at Constantin Stanislavsky's Society of Art and Literature. She is probably best known today for originating the role of Nina in the ill-fated premiere of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, at the Alexandrinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg in 1896. Though the production was deemed an utter failure, Komissarzhevskaya's performance was highly praised.
Later in her career, Komissarzhevskaya is notable for her patronage of the up-and-coming theatre artist, Vsevolod Meyerhold. Following Meyerhold's unsuccessful attempts to stage symbolist plays at Stanislavsky's Moscow Art Theatre, Komissarzhevskaya invited him to try his experiments at her new Komissarjevsky Theatre. During their short-lived collaboration, the two managed to develop Meyerhold's symbolist aesthetic and Komissarzhevskaya herself starred in two of the most critically and commercially successful productions.
Komissarzhevskaya was born in Saint Petersburg, into a wealthy and distinguished family. Her father was the celebrated Russian opera singer Fyodor Komissarzhevsky, a leading tenor at the Mariinsky Theatre, and her mother, Mariya Nikolaevna Shulgina, was the daughter of General Nikolai Shulgin, a war hero and officer in the Preobrazhensky regiment. Komissarzhevskaya had a close relationship with her father, and she frequently corresponded with Komissarzhevsky. Towards the end of his life, he wrote to Mariya Nikolaevna, saying:
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