Grave actor biography

Alexander Grave for almost seven decades with GO for a year, he worked in the Vakhtangov Theater. Alexander Konstantinovich was a genuine keeper of the Vakhtang theater culture. Professional skill, true intelligence, living mind, soft irony, subtle humor provided this wonderful Vakhtangovs at the great love and respect of colleagues, students, spectators. Born on September 8, in Moscow.

A resident of Arbat, from childhood, was in love with the Vakhtangov Theater, still a teenager becoming a spectator of his legendary performances. Grave came to the school of the Vakhtangov Theater for the course of the student of E. Vakhtangov - A. Orochko as a summer young man, and in the year, was admitted to the troupe of the Evgeny Vakhtangov Theater. In the early years of World War II, he went on evacuation in Omsk along with the theater.

In the year he joined the front branch of the Vakhtangov Theater, attached to the first Ukrainian front, A. Grave went through the whole war, reaching Berlin. Having been in the midst of the war, he managed to truthfully and convincingly portray a touching shortcom - the Red Army Ogurtsov “Restless Economy”, a colonel in the “Chronicle of a diving bomber”, was remembered in the film “Friends and Years”.

In the Vakhtangov Theater, such a “front -line” role was a hot, young officer Orlik in the play “Front”. In his track record is more roles. Possessing an open charming appearance, he played both heroes and characteristic roles. The first post -war major work was the Erast in the play of A. Ostrovsky "The heart is not a stone." Grave conquered a variety of colors and intonations, depicting a self -confident, heted, seducing naive woman of Erast.

Among the other roles of that period is the heroic young guard Vanya Zemnukhov “Young Guard”, pedant, lawyer Ganephald in “Before the Sun”, Rosencrantz in “Gamlet”, set by B., he was a memorable Tartaly in Princess Turandot, although N. himself had to compete with this role in this image. Graceful, lean, with good posture, played Christian in the iconic play “Sirano de Bergerac” years after the premiere; It was he who took part in the anniversary performance dedicated to the translator T.

he played the role of Leporello in “little tragedies” after N. Plotnikov, was funny and touching. For many years he played this role, he himself introduced to Don Guan V. Lanovoy, and their duet for many years caused an enthusiastic reception of the public. Less than a year after the premiere in the “ladies and hussars”, he played the role of Grzegozha with brilliance.

For this performance, Grave, who had the gift of easily and gracefully folding poetic lines, wrote the texts of the verses, as for the "bourgeois in the nobility." A great acting success was the summer artist, the role of the cynical volunteer of Totsky in the “idiot”, played hard, precisely, convexly. And in the "West" he appeared as a funny drunkard, nicknamed a salty sip and was also remembered for a long time.

The characteristic roles were unusually a success to him, they gave an impetus of his fantasy, he himself directed them, finding bright, expressive details. This was the teacher of philosophy in the "bourgeoisie in the nobility", from which he often played on pop parts, along with V. Mos. In the roles of the fairy -tale kings in Cinderella and in the “cat in the boots” Alexander Konstantinovich was charming.

One of the important works was the role of Kazangap in the staging of Roman Ch. Aitmatova "And the day lasts longer than a century ...". The wise friend of the protagonist of the Odiga, whose role was played by M. Ulyanov, was played strictly and penetrating. A disciplined, collected, which has a brilliant memory by nature, he saved the theater all his life - he replaced his colleagues in case of illness.

He called himself "a lifesaver." Very often after the input, planned or emergency, became a full -fledged performer of the role. At the end of the x, A. Grave first turned to theatrical pedagogy, returned to the Schukin Theater School in the year, became a teacher of the actor’s skill, a professor. He released two courses as a leader: the main acting year and the Komi-Permyak studio.

He was an assistant to director A. Remizova, independently staged the performance “after separation” in the year. Endowed with many talents, wrote poems, composed the cabbage backs appreciated by the Vakhtangovs, cut a tree, designed two performances of the front branch as an artist. Until the last days of serving the theater, he received new roles: Ferapont “Tsarist Hunt”,; Assistant Director Antoine “Frederick, or Boulevard of Crimes”,; Senect "Caligula",; Count Ludovico “Dog in the Seine”, he had a chance to work with the new artistic director of the theater Rimas Tuminas - at the age of 88, Nestor played in Troil and Cressida.

Alexander Konstantinovich Grave passed away on March 5 of the year. He was buried in the fourth section of the Alekseevsky cemetery of the capital.