Cabinet Photo Russian Theater Actress Nikitina Alexandra Pavlovna RARE

11 x 16.4 cm.

100 % Original

....At the beginning of her career, theater observers wrote about the actress that she “is sometimes very sweet in the roles of simpletons with simple spiritual movements” (Artist. 1894. No. 44. P. 229. - V.P.) - she performed everyday roles, mainly in the plays of A.N. Ostrovsky. Over time, it became clear that its range was much wider. Nikitina played at the Korsh Theater; season 1895/96 was part of the troupe of the St. Petersburg Theater of the Literary and Artistic Circle, headed by A.S. Suvorin. Among the roles of this period, Toinette (“Eve”), Varvara (“The Thunderstorm”), Akulina (“The Power of Darkness”), Popova (“Bear”) stood out....