Background
MAYSURYAN, Ol’ga was born on March 19, 187.
MAYSURYAN, Ol’ga was born on March 19, 187.
1895 began acting at Russian theater in Tbilisi. 1900 began acting in Armenian Performed in the major cities of the Transbaykal and Northern Caucasus.
1912 made guest appearances in Moscow and Petersbuig. Specialized in dramatic heroic roles. Her acting was marked by strong character identification, verve, individuality and a powerful stage presence.
Also read verse and prose in Arm and Russian. Roles: Ophelia, Desdemona, Lady Macbeth and Kruchinina. Katerina in Groza (The Thunderstorm).
Magda in Sudermann’s “Hcimat,” Zeynab in Yuzhin-Sumbatov’s Izmena (Treason). Trilby; Louisa in “Kabale und Liebe”. Marguerite Gautier in “Louisiana Dame au Camelia”.
Mira Efros and Esfir in Gordon’s Za okeanom (Beyond the Ocean). Yevgine, Susan and Margarit in Shirvanzade’s “Yevgine,” “Namus” and “Foreign Honor’s Sake”. Natas’ya Filippovna in “Idiot,” after Dostoyevsky.