Georgy Sergeyevich Burdzhalov (russian: Георгий Сергеевич Бурджалов, born ''Бурджалян'', Бурджалян; 14 April 1869, Astrakhan,

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, — 10 December 1924,

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Russian stage actor and theatre director, associated with

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, where he played, in all, 38 parts, including the acclaimed Mikhaylo Golovin ('' Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich'', A.K. Tolstoy, 1898), The Wood Demon (''

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'', Gerhart Hauptmann, 1898), Launcelot Gobbo (''

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, 1898), Kadushkin (''

Men Above the Law ''Men Above the Law'' (russian: Самоуправцы, translit=Samoupravtsy) is a tragedy in five acts by Alexey Pisemsky first published in the No.2, February 1867 issue of ''Vsemirny Trud'' magazine.Roshal, A. ACommentaries to Самоупр� ...

'', Alexey Pisemsky, 1898), Tatishchev (''

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'', A.K. Tolstoy, 1899).

Life

Konstantin Stanislavski Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski ( Alekseyev; russian: Константин Сергеевич Станиславский, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin sʲɪrˈgʲejɪvʲɪtɕ stənʲɪˈslafskʲɪj; 7 August 1938) was a seminal Russian Soviet Fe ...

praised Burdzhalov for his artistic gifts, but, first and foremost, "for his energy, willingness to help with resolving whatever technical difficulties would come our way," as well as "crystal clear, touchingly tender attitude to his art," according to the biographer Inna Solovyova. In 1921 Burdzhalov became the head of MAT's Fourth Studio. In 1922 he co-founded (with P.A. Podobed) the Moscow Art Theatre Museum. He authored one book, ''On the Artist'' (Об артисте, Teatr Publishers, 1914). A one-time prominent Moscow Art Theatre actress

Margarita Savitskaya Margarita Georgiyevna Savitskaya (russian: Маргарита Георгиевна Савицкая, born 30 October 1868, — died 27 March 1911) was a Russian stage actress and in her later years a reader in drama, associated with the Moscow Art ...

was his wife. The film and theatre director Arkady Burdzhalyan (1879-1946) was his brother.Georgy Burdzhalov
at the Russian On-line Krugosvet EncyclopediaGeorgy Burdzhalov
The biography at the Moscow Art Theatre site

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Russian male stage actors People from Astrakhan Moscow Art Theatre 1869 births 1924 deaths Armenian people from the Russian Empire {{Russia-actor-stub