Vera komissarzhevskaya birthplace of country

Vera Komissarzhevskaya was born on November 8, 1864 into the family of the singer and film director Fyodor Komissarzhevsky in St. Petersburg.  Vera debuted on an amateur theatre stage in Petersburg in 1888 and played in performances by the Art and Literature Association in Moscow in 1890-1891.

She worked in Novocherkassk and Vilnius and was a success in comedies and singing vaudevilles. The actress’ drama talent manifested itself in plays by Hermann Sudermann (Battle of the Butterflies), Alexander Ostrovsky (Dowerless Girl), and others. 

 

Invited to the Alexandria Theater in Petersburg in 1896, Vera Komissarzhevskaya became one of the brightest exponents of new artistic aspirations of that time.

Her rebellious art imbued with quest for moral ideals conveyed the moods and aspirations of prerevolutionary years. 
 

The role of Nina Zarechnaya in Chekhov’s The Seagull (1896) became a landmark for Vera Komissarzhevskaya and all the Russian