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Vasil (Vaso) Abashidze (Georgian: ვასო (ვასილ) აბაშიძე; Russian: Васи́лий Абаши́дзе) (4 December 1854 – 9 October 1926) was a Georgian theater actor and a founder of a realistic acting tradition in Georgia.

Vaso Abashidze
Vaso Abashidze
Born	(1854-12-04)4 December 1854 Dusheti, Russian Empire
Died	9 October 1926(1926-10-09) (aged 71) Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR
Nationality	Georgian
Occupation	Actor
Awards	People's Artist of the RSFSR

Career

Born in Dusheti, Georgia, then part of Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire, Abashidze worked as a teacher in Kutaisi and Azerbaijan. At the same time, he played for amateur theatre troupes in Kutaisi. In 1879, he joined the renewed professional Georgian dramatic troupe in Tiflis and featured in comedies by both Georgian and foreign authors. His best roles included Famusov (Griboyedov’s Woe from Wit), Khlestakov (Gogol’s The Government Inspector), Belogubov and Iusov (Alexander Ostrovsky’s A Lucrative Post), and Tartuffe and Argan (Molière’s The Imaginary Invalid). He translated and adapted over 42 comedies and vaudevilles, and in 1885 he founded the theatrical paper Teatri ("The Theater"). In 1922, he was granted the title of People's Artist by Soviet Georgia.[1] Abashidze's name has been given to the Tbilisi Music and Drama State Theatre.[2] He died in Tbilisi and he is buried at the Mtatsminda Pantheon of Writers and Public Figures.

Family

In 1879 he married the actress Mako Saparova (1860–1940), later People's Artist of Georgia (1925).[3] Their daughter Anastasia (Taso) Abashidze (1881–1958) was also a theatre actress.

References

External links

• Vaso Abashidze at IMDb
• Vaso Abashidze at Find a Grave
• Vaso Abashidze on Georgian National Filmography

На других языках

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[de] Waso Abaschidse

Waso Abaschidse (georgisch ვასო აბაშიძე), vollständiger Name Wassili Alexejewitsch Abaschidse (georgisch ვასილ ალექსის ძე აბაშიძე; geb. 22. Novemberjul. / 4. Dezember 1854greg. in Duscheti; gest. 9. Oktober 1926 in Tiflis) war ein georgischer Theaterschauspieler. Er gilt als ein Begründer der Realismusbewegung im georgischen Theater.[1]

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- [en] Vaso Abashidze

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[ru] Абашидзе, Василий Алексеевич

Васи́лий (Baco) Алексе́евич Абаши́дзе (также Абашидзэ[2] груз. ვასილ (ვასო) ალექსის ძე აბაშიძე; 22 ноября [4 декабря] 1854, Душети, Российская империя[1] — 9 октября 1926[1], Тифлис, СССР[1]) — грузинский актёр, Народный артист Республики (1922), один из основоположников реалистического направления в национальном актёрском искусстве.[3]

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