The Komissarzhevskaya Theatre (russian: Академический драматический театр имени В. Ф. Комиссаржевской) is a theatre in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, Russia. It is named after

Vera Komissarzhevskaya Vera Fyodorovna Komissarzhevskaya (russian: Ве́ра Фёдоровна Комиссарже́вская; 8 November 1864 – 23 February 1910) was one of the most celebrated actresses and theatre managers of the late Russian Empire. She made ...

History

It was founded in 1942 as the City Theatre (at the time, the city, then Leningrad, was

besieged Besieged may refer to: * the state of being under siege * ''Besieged'' (film), a 1998 film by Bernardo Bertolucci {{disambiguation ...

by the German army. It then became the Blockade Theatre, or, as it is sometimes translated, the Besieged Theatre). The company was legitimized as a drama theatre in 1943. It was renamed after V.F. Komissarzhevskaya in 1959, and granted academic status in 1994. It is located in the former “Passage Hall” of the elite department store

The Passage Passage, The Passage or Le Passage may refer to: Arts and entertainment Films * ''Passage'' (2008 film), a documentary about Arctic explorers * ''Passage'' (2009 film), a short movie about three sisters * ''The Passage'' (1979 film), starring ...

. The same building housed many theatre companies before 1942, most notably, the ''Komissarzhevskaya Theatre'' (russian: Драматический театр В.Ф. Комиссаржевской), a private theatre under the directorship by V.F. Komissarzhevskaya herself, in 1904–1906 (this troupe operated in 1904–1909).

Notable actors

* Boris Sohn (1948 - 1966) *

Vladimir Chestnokov Vladimir Ivanovich Chestnokov (russian: Владимир Иванович Честноко́в; (30 March) 12 April 1904, St. Petersburg – 15 May 1968, Leningrad) was a Soviet film and theater actor, theater teacher. People's Artist of the USSR (1 ...

(1948 - 1953) * Alisa Freindlich (1957 - 1961) * Sergei Boyarsky (1948 - 1976) *

Petr Shelokhonov Petr Illarionovich Shelokhonov, ( pl, Piotr Szełochonow, russian: Пётр Илларио́нович Шелохо́нов, be, Пятро Ларывонавіч Шэлахонаў, uk, Петро Іларіонович Шелохонов; in ...

(1973 - 1995) *

Viktor Ilichyov Viktor Grigorievich Ilichyov (russian: Виктор Григорьевич Ильичёв; 5 February 1946 — 8 October 2010) was a Soviet actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1967 to 2006. He lived in the United States of America ...

(1973 - 1975) * Viktor Chistiakov (parodist) (1966 - 1971) * Nikolai Boyarsky (1948 - 1982) * Ivan I. Krasko (1965 - current) * Galina Korotkevich (1962 - 2021†) * Anatoli Khudoleev (1975 - current) * Georgi Korolchuk (1970 - current) * Tamara Abrosimova * Yevgeniya Igumnova * Sergey Byzgu

References

External links

Official website of the Komissarzhevskaya Theatre
(in Russian) Theatres in Saint Petersburg {{Europe-theat-stub