Ivan Egorovich Chernyshov

June 20, 1834 (age 29)

Tver, Tver', Russian Federation

From 1853 to 1855 Ivan Egorovich perfomed in Vologda and Voronezh. A special success on the Voronezh stage was played by Chernyshev as a sailor of Bad Weather ("For the Faith, the Tsar and the Fatherland" by Pyotr Grigoriev). Since 1856, he was the actor of the Alexandrinsky Theater. Among the roles: Mitya, Rusakov ("Poverty is not a vice","Don't sit in your sleigh" by Alexander Ostrovsky), Hamlet in the play of the same name by William Shakespeare and others. The author of vaudevilles and plays: "Fees to Krestovsky, or To the Chukhon village", "The Tailor R. Valyaikin", "Happiness is not in money", "The groom from the debt department", "Often", "The Father of the Family" and others, the novel "Corners of the theatrical world", the story "Petersburg actresses" and others.

Ivan Egorovich Chernyshov

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also known as Ivan Egorov

Actor novelist playwright

Background

Ivan Egorovich Chernyshov was born on June 20, 1834, in Tver, Tver', Russian Federation in the family of the serf peasants.

Education

Ivan Egorovich graduated from the Saint Petersburg Drama School in 1852 (P.I. Grigoriev's class).

Career

From 1853 to 1855 Ivan Egorovich perfomed in Vologda and Voronezh. A special success on the Voronezh stage was played by Chernyshev as a sailor of Bad Weather ("For the Faith, the Tsar and the Fatherland" by Pyotr Grigoriev). Since 1856, he was the actor of the Alexandrinsky Theater. Among the roles: Mitya, Rusakov ("Poverty is not a vice","Don't sit in your sleigh" by Alexander Ostrovsky), Hamlet in the play of the same name by William Shakespeare and others.

The author of vaudevilles and plays: "Fees to Krestovsky, or To the Chukhon village", "The Tailor R. Valyaikin", "Happiness is not in money", "The groom from the debt department", "Often", "The Father of the Family" and others, the novel "Corners of the theatrical world", the story "Petersburg actresses" and others.

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