Matei Millo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Romanian playwright and actor
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Place of Birth: Stolniceni-Prăjescu, Iași County, Romania
About Matei Millo
- Matei Millo (Romanian pronunciation: [ma'tej mi'lo]; November 24/25, 1814–September 9, 1896) was a Moldavian, later Romanian stage actor and playwright. Born in Stolniceni-Prajescu, Ia?i County, his grandfather was the poet Matei Milu; his parents were Vasile Millo and Zamfira (née Prajescu).
- He was first educated by private tutors at home, then at a private boarding school in Ia?i from 1833 to 1834, followed by Academia Mihaileana from 1835 to 1836.
- While living in Paris from 1840 to 1845, he studied theatre, took private lessons, followed the great actors of the day (Frédérick Lemaître, François Jules Edmond Got, Hugues Bouffé, Pierre-Alfred Ravel) and probably played minor roles with French troupes.
- In 1846, after returning home, he began organizing the theatre in the Danubian Principalities, first at Ia?i until 1852, and then at Bucharest.From 1864 to 1866, he taught at the Bucharest Conservatory, while in 1877 he established an associated artists' troupe.
- Beginning in 1851, he staged numerous performances for the Romanians living under Imperial Austrian rule in Transylvania and Bukovina.
- He was much loved by the public for his repertoire, in which the comedies of Vasile Alecsandri featured most prominently, and for his playing style, comically realist, with touches of gravity.
- He wrote a number of translations, local adaptations and original plays, helping fill gaps in the scanty Romanian theatrical repertoire of the time.
- His published volumes include Un poet romantic (1850), Baba Hârca (1851), Masca pe obraz sau Hai sa râdem (1862) and Apele de la Vacare?ti (1872).
- He died in Bucharest.
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