Background
DIKIY, Aleksey was born on February 25, 1889 in Yekaterinoslav (now Dnepropetrovsk). Son of an artisan.
DIKIY, Aleksey was born on February 25, 1889 in Yekaterinoslav (now Dnepropetrovsk). Son of an artisan.
South. V. Khalyulina’s private theatrical school in Moscow.
1910 stage debut at Moscow Arts Theater. From 1911 actor, First Studio, Moscow Academy Arts Theater (subsequently 2nd Moscow Arts Theater). 1912 ran amateur circle, Prechistenka Workers’ Courses.
1914-1917 with the army on Caucasian Front. Later stage director From 1919 film actor.
From 1928 stage director, various theaters in Moscow and Leningrad. 1931 organized ’Theater and Literature Workshop” studio, which subsequently became the nucleus of the Stalinabad Russian Theater. 1932-1936 head, All-Union Ccntr Trade-Union Council Theater.
Then at Leningrad Bol’shoy Drama Theater. 1942-1943 actor and stage director, Vakhtangov Theater. 1944-1952 at Maly Theater.
From 1952 stage director, Moscow Pushkin Theater. Worked also as producer in Palestine. Typical of his work was his liking for monumental, strikingly expressive forms.
On the screen portrayed Russian military leaders - Kutuzov and Nakhimov. Frequently played Stalin. Stage Roles: Alyoshka in Na dne (The Lower Depths) (1911).
Misha in Turgenev’s Provintsialka (A Provincial Girl). The bailiff in Zhivoy trup (Living Corpse). Barend in Kheyermans’ Gibel' ’Nadezhdy’ (Loss of the ’’Nadczhda”) (1913).
Yepikhodov and L’vov in Chekhov's Vishnyovyy sad (The Cherry-Orchard) and Ivanov (1917). Molchanov in Leskov’s Rastochitel' (The Squanderer) (1924). Colonel Platov in Leskov’s Blokha (The Flea) (1925).
Mathias Klausen in Hauptmann’s ’’Before the Sunset”. Ivan Gorlov in Korneychuk’s Front (The front) (1942), et cetera Film Roles: Andrey in ’’Andrey Gudok” (1921).
Kedenek in Vosstaniye rybakov (Mutiny of the Fishermen) (1934). Kutuzov in Kutuzov (1943). Nakhimov in Admiral Nakhimov"’ (1947) and Pirogov (1947).
The surgeon Vasiliy Vasil'yevich in Povest' o nastoyashchem cheloveke (Tale of a Real Manitoba) (1948). Stalin in Tretiy udar (The Third Assault) (1948) and Stalingradskaya bitva (Battle of Stalingrad) (1949). Productions: operas: Triodin’s Stepan Razin (1925).
Prokofiev’s Lyubovk’ tryom apel’sinam (Love of Three Oranges) (1927). Glierc’s ballet Krasnyy mak (Red Poppy) (1929). Produced plays; Leskov’s Blokha (The Flea) (1925).
A. M. Fayko’s Chelovek s portfelem (Manitoba with a Briefcase) (1928). V. V. Vishnevskiy’s Pervaya konnaya (First Mounted Army) (1930). Leskov’s Ledi Makbet Mtsenskogo uyezda (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk) (1931).
Cervantes’ Intermedia (1931). V. Volume(s)’f’s Matrosy iz Katarro (Sailors from Katarro) (1932). Mikitenko’s Devushki nashey strany (Girls of Our Country) (1933).
Finn's Vzdor (Nonsense) (1933). Svetlov’s Glubokaya provintsiya (In the Depths of the Provinces) (1935). Sukhovo-Kobylin’s Smert’ Tarelkina (Tarelkin’s Death) (1936).
Pushkinskiy spektakl' (Pushkin Matinee) (1936). Meshchane (Philistines) (1937, 1946). Kirshon’s Bol’shoy ¿en’(The Big Day) (1937).
A. V. Sofronov’sMoskovshiy kharakter (Moscow Character) (1948). A. Ye. Korneychuk’s Kalinovaya roslicha (Viburnum Grove). Saltykov—Shchedrin’s Teni (The Shadows) (1953), et cetera