Background
KOSTROMSKOY, Nikolay was born on July 5, 1874.
KOSTROMSKOY, Nikolay was born on July 5, 1874.
Did amateur acting; 1902 began professional stage career. Actor, Meyerkhol’d and Kasheverov ensembles, Kherson. Also acted in Tiflis, Sebastopol, Nikolayev, Kostroma, Baku, Astrakhan and Nizhniy' Novgorod.
From 1917 actor, Korsh Theater, Moscow. From 1918 actor, Maly Theater, Moscow. Noted for his clear and skillful delineation of character.
From 1919 also taught acting. 1919-1925 teacher, Maly Theater Studios. Taught at Komissarzhevskiy and Yermolovaya Studios.
From 1932 teacher, Shchepkin Theatrical College. Also worked as a producer. Roles: Mitrofanushka and Starodum in Fonvizin’s Nedorosl’ (The Ignoramus).
Osip, Zemlyanika and the Governor in Revizor (The Government Inspector). Molchalin, Skalozub and Famusov in Gore ot uma (Woe from Wit). Gayev, Firs and Lopakhin in Vishnyovyy sad (The Cherry Orchard).
Shabel’skiy in Ivanov: Mamayev in Na vsyakogo mudretsa dovol'no prostoty (There’s a Simpleton in Every Sage). Kuchumov in Beshenyye den'gi (Easy Money). Gornostaycv in Lyubov’ Yarovaya.
Lynyayev in Volki i ovtsy (The Wolves and the Sheep). Vos’mibratov in Les (The Forest).