Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili

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Vladimir (Lado) Alexi-Meskhishvili, Lado Meskhishivili, or Alekseev-Meskhiev (Georgian: ვლადიმერ [ლადო] ალექსი-მესხიშვილი)(February 16, 1857 — November 24, 1920) was a Georgian theater actor and director.

Born in Tbilisi, Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili studied medicine at the University of Moscow. Illness forced him to abandon studies and return to Georgia, where he worked as a teacher in Telavi. After medical studies and amateur acting, he joined the Tbilisi Georgian-language troupe in 1881, running it from 1890 to 1896 and from 1910 to 1914, and the Kutaisi Theater from 1897 to 1906 and again from 1914 to 1915. He also played in Russian troupes from 1887 to 1990 and from 1906 to 1910, including the Moscow Art Theatre (1906–1907).^[1]

A flamboyantly heroic actor, Aleksi-Meskhishvili used his performances to promote revolutionary ideas, and even engaged in barricade fighting during the Russian Revolution of 1905.^[1] In 1930, Aleksi-Meskhishvili was posthumously granted the title of People's Artist by Soviet Georgia. Aleksi-Meskhishvili's name was given to the Kutaisi Drama Theatre in 1940. He is buried at the Didube Pantheon in Tbilisi. His son was Shalva Aleksi-Meskhishvili, a Georgian jurist and politician.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Senelick, Laurence (2007), Historical Dictionary of Russian Theater, p. 11. Scarecrow Press, ISBN 0-8108-5792-8

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Name	Aleksi-Meskhishvili, Lado
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Short description	Theater actor, director
Date of birth	1857
Place of birth
Date of death	1920
Place of death

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