| Konstantin A. VARLAMOV. [11. 5. 1849, St. Petersburg, - 2. 8. 1915, In the same place], the Russian actor. The son of composer A.E.Varlamov. In youth participated in amateur performances. In 1867 has acted in A.Chitau-Ogaryova's theatre
in Kronstadt. The big influence on creative formation of young actor rendered A.Chitau-Ogaryova and actress A.Shubert. Within 8 years worked in a province, acted in dramas, comedies, vaudevilles, operettas. With 1875 actor of the Alexandrinsky theatre. A general recognition has received as the actor of a vaudeville. His game was filled with inexhaustible optimism, cheerfulness. Varlamov resorted to improvisation, burning jokes. In
his game the courageous buffoonery was combined with psychologically deep development characters, skill of the speech characteristic of an image, thin lyricism. He used big success also in Russian satirical comedy. Among the best roles: Varravid
("Business" Suhov-Kobylin), Fried eggs ("Marriage" Gogol), BIG ( " People - we shall consider " Ostrovsky), Yusov ("Profitable place" Ostrovsky ) etc. |