Alexander Leonidovich von Fessing (Russian: , 17 January 1877 - 12
November 1941) was a Yelisavetgrad-born Russian and Ukrainian, Soviet
actor and theatre director, better known under his stage name Zagarov
().A Moscow Philharmonic Drama School graduate (where he studied under
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko), Zagarov joined the Moscow Art Theatre
(where his father was an administrator)[note 1] in 1898 and stayed
with it (with breaks) until 1906. His best-known roles here included
Kleshch (The Lower Depths), Sorin (The Seagull), Publius and Pindarus
(Julius Caesar). All the while he worked in the Yaroslavl theatre
(where he debuted as a director in 1901), was actively involved with
Meyerhold's New Drama and (since 1901) read drama at the Philharmonic
Drama School.In 1909-1910 he headed the Korsh Theatre; then moved to
Alexandrinka to act and direct (1910-1916). After 1917 Zagarov worked
for ten years in Ukraine. From 1921 to 1927 while in exile, he
directed at the Ukrainian Discourse Theatre and Uzhgorod Theater
"Prosvita". He taught at the Lviv Drama School, published letters to
defend the Ukrainian language in Western Ukraine. In 1924 he played
the role of a Ukrainian peasant in the German film "Golden Wolf". He
headed the city theatres in Kiev and Kharkiv, and co-founded the
Donetsk Music and Drama Theatre. Later he worked in Penza,
Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Kovrov and Saratov. In 1940 Zagarov was
honoured with the title Meritorious Practitioner of Arts of RSFSR.
"The master of high culture, tireless experimentor and a proponent of
the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko's ideas," was how the
Theatre Encyclopedia described him.
November 1941) was a Yelisavetgrad-born Russian and Ukrainian, Soviet
actor and theatre director, better known under his stage name Zagarov
().A Moscow Philharmonic Drama School graduate (where he studied under
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko), Zagarov joined the Moscow Art Theatre
(where his father was an administrator)[note 1] in 1898 and stayed
with it (with breaks) until 1906. His best-known roles here included
Kleshch (The Lower Depths), Sorin (The Seagull), Publius and Pindarus
(Julius Caesar). All the while he worked in the Yaroslavl theatre
(where he debuted as a director in 1901), was actively involved with
Meyerhold's New Drama and (since 1901) read drama at the Philharmonic
Drama School.In 1909-1910 he headed the Korsh Theatre; then moved to
Alexandrinka to act and direct (1910-1916). After 1917 Zagarov worked
for ten years in Ukraine. From 1921 to 1927 while in exile, he
directed at the Ukrainian Discourse Theatre and Uzhgorod Theater
"Prosvita". He taught at the Lviv Drama School, published letters to
defend the Ukrainian language in Western Ukraine. In 1924 he played
the role of a Ukrainian peasant in the German film "Golden Wolf". He
headed the city theatres in Kiev and Kharkiv, and co-founded the
Donetsk Music and Drama Theatre. Later he worked in Penza,
Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Kovrov and Saratov. In 1940 Zagarov was
honoured with the title Meritorious Practitioner of Arts of RSFSR.
"The master of high culture, tireless experimentor and a proponent of
the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko's ideas," was how the
Theatre Encyclopedia described him.
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