Background
VISHNEVSKIY, Aleksandr was born on January 20, 1861 in Taganrog.
VISHNEVSKIY, Aleksandr was born on January 20, 1861 in Taganrog.
Studied with Chekhov at Taganrog high school.
From 1883 appeared in schows of Taganrog Musical Drama Social. Became professional actor and appeared at theaters in Khar'kov, Yekaterinoslav, Odessa, Saratov, et cetera From 1898 with Moscow Arts Theater.
Roles: Boris Godunov in A.K. Tolstoy's “Tsar’ Fyodor Ioannovich” (1898), Alaska. Tolstoy's Smert’ lonna Groznogo (The Death of Ivan the Terrible) (1899) and Pushkin’s “Boris Godunov” (1907). Mark Antony in Shakespeare's “Julius Caesar” (1903). Antonio in Shakespeare's ‘The Merchant of Venice” (1898).
Hofstad in Ibsen’s “Doctor Stockman” (1900). Tatrin in Gorky's Na dne (The Lower Depths) (1902). Prince Tugoukhovskiy in Griboyedov’s Gore ol uma (Woe from Wit) (1906).
David Leyzer in Andreyev’s “Anathema” (1909). Pan Wrublewski in Brat'ya Karamazovy (The Brothers Karamazov) (1910). The Chairman of the Court in Voskreseniye (Resurrection) (1930).
The Policeman in Myortvyye dushi (Dead Souls), after Gogol (1932). Dorn in Chekhov's Chayka (The Seagull) (1898). Voynitskiy in Chekhov's Dyadya Vanya (Uncle Vanya) (1899).
Kulygin in Chekhov's Tri sestry (The Three Sisters) (1901).