Alexander Adashev
Russian and Soviet theater actor and teacher.
About Alexander Adashev
Lived 1871 – 1934 (aged 62–63). Alexander Adashev was a Russian actor, drama teacher and stage actor.
Alexander Ivanovich Platonov (, 1871–1934) was a Russian and Soviet stage actor and reader in drama, better known under his stage name Adashev (Адашев) and associated with the Moscow Art Theatre, in 1898–1913.
Biography Among his best-received parts there were those of Bassanio (The Merchant of Venice, 1898), the Messenger (Antigone, 1899), Orcino (Twelfth Night, 1899), Alyoshka (The Lower Depths, 1902), Molchalin (Woe from Wit, 1906), Grandfather (The Blue Bird, 1908) and Zemlyanika (Revizor, 1908), of which he was the first performer at MAT.
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Who was Alexander Adashev?
Russian and Soviet theater actor and teacher. (1871–1934)
When was Alexander Adashev born?
Alexander Adashev was born in 1871 in Russian Empire.
When did Alexander Adashev die?
Alexander Adashev died in 1934 in Soviet Union.
What was Alexander Adashev's occupation?
Alexander Adashev was an actor, drama teacher and stage actor.
What nationality was Alexander Adashev?
Alexander Adashev was Russian.
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