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Nikolai Masalitinov

Also recorded as Nikolai Osipovich Massalitinov · N. O. Masalitinov

Nikolai Masalitinov

Russian actors Nikolai Osipovich Massalitinov and Olga Knipper (wife of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov) as Claudius and Gertrude in Edward Gordon Craig and Constantin Stanislavski's production of Hamlet (1911)

Edward Gordon Craig by Innes · Public domain

Born
1880 · Yelets.
Died
1961 · Sofia.
Nationality
Russian Empire · Bulgaria
Occupation
actor · director · pedagogue
Fields
theatre · acting · directing · pedagogy
Education
Tomsk State University · Tomsk Polytechnic University · M.S. Schepkin Higher Theatre School
Languages
Russian · Bulgarian

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