Background
SUSHKEVICH, Boris was born on February 7, 1887 in Saint St. Petersburg.
stage director Actor and drama teacher
SUSHKEVICH, Boris was born on February 7, 1887 in Saint St. Petersburg.
Studied at History Faculty, Moscow University.
As a student, took part in amateur dramatics. 1908-1912 with Moscow Arts Theather. 1912 helped found 1st Studio, Moscow Arts Theater.
1912-1933 Board member, 1st Studio (from 1924 2nd Moscow Arts Academy Theater). 1933-1936 artistic director, Leningrad Academy Drama Theater. 1937-1946 director, Leningrad New Theater.
1933-1941 professor, from 1936 director, Leningrad Theatrical Insl. Roles: Suslov in Dachniki (The Dacha-Dwellers) (1906). The Investigator in Brat 'ya Karamazovy (The Brothers Karamazov) (1910), after Dostoyevsky.
Stratton in Berger’s Potok (The Flood) (1915). Person in Strindberg’s “Erik XIV” (1921). Matthias Klausen in Hauptmann’s “Before Sunset” (1940).
Kutuzov in Solov’yov’s Fel'dmarshal Kutuzov (Fieidmarshal Kutuzov) (1941). Famusov in Grigoyedov’s Gore ot uma (Woe from Wit), et cetera Productions: Dickens’ “The Cricket on the Hearth” (1914).
Strindberg’s “Erik XIV” (1921). Rastochitel’ (The Spendthrift) (1924), after Leskov. Sukhovo-Kobylin’s Delo (The Case) (1927).
A. Tolstoy's Pyotr / (Peter I) (1930). Pushkin’s “Boris Godunov” (1934). Gorky's “Platon Krechet” (1935).
Gogol's Revizor (The Government Inspector) (1936). Moliere’s “Le Misanthrope” (1938). Hauptmann’s “Before Sunset” (1940).
Solov’yov’s “Fieidmarshal Kutuzov” (1941). Russkiye lyudi (Russian People) (1942), et cetera