Nadezhda Nikolayevna Bromley was a Russian theatre actress, director, playwright, as well as a writer and poet. Her fiction works are imbued with the spirit of futurism. For her merits in theatrical activities, she was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR.
Background
Nadezhda Nikolayevna Bromley was born on April 17 (29), 1884 in Moscow City, Russian Federation. Her grandfather, Eduard Bromley, was the founder of one of the Moscow mechanical plants, whose management was later inherited by her father, Nikolai (Karl). According to family legend, Eduard Bromley was an Englishman who changed Hanoverian citizenship to citizenship of the Russian Empire. Mother, Vera Bromley (nee Sherwood), also had English roots.
Education
After graduating from the 4th Moscow gymnasium, Nadezhda Nikolayevna entered the music and drama school at the Moscow Philharmonic Society. Also, for some time she studied painting in Munich with a personal teacher.
In 1908, after graduating, Nadezhda Nikolayevna was accepted into the troupe of the Moscow Art Theater. Her literary career began in 1911 with a book of poetry and lyrical prose called Paphos. According to critics, Bromley's works had traits of stylistic eclecticism, similar in spirit to the peripheral trends of early futurism.
In 1913 Nadezhda Nikolayevna became one of the founders of the 1st Moscow Art Theater Studio (which later became the second Moscow Art Theater). In 1914, several new books of Nadezhda were published: Notes of an ambitious person, Heart of Anna, Sisters, A Tale of Friendship, and Love. At this period, Nadezhda Nikolayevna focused on the inner world of a person and their feelings.
After the 1917 revolution, she continued her literary activity, publishing a number of collections of short stories. It is worth noting that most of the post-revolutionary works are preserved only in the form of manuscripts. She also continued to work as a playwright at a number of Moscow theatres. Most of the literary works of the twenties are fantastic stories combining elements of reality and fantasy.
In 1924, Nadezhda Nikolayevna completely transferred to the second Moscow Art Theater. In 1933 she left it and moved to Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), where she became an actress and director of the Leningrad Drama Theater named after A.S. Pushkin. Later (in 1944) she got the position of the director of the New Theater (aka Lensovet Theater).
Nadezhda Nikolayevna since 1911 was a part of the literary group Centrifuge.
Centrifuge
1911
Personality
Nadezhda Nikolayevna combined interest in the classic works of romanticism (Shakespeare, Schiller, etc.) with her own rather innovative and futuristic ideas. Her performances have always been distinguished by the brightness of colors.
Connections
Nadezhda Nikolayevna was married twice. Nothing is known about her first husband, except for his surname Wilborg. In this marriage, she had the son Victor (1920-1925). For the second time, she married the actor and director B. Sushkevich.
Until the end of her days, her surname was Bromley-Sushkevich.