Leopold Sulerzhitsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Leopold Sulerzhitsky

Russian writer

Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1872

Place of Birth: Zhytomyr, Kiev Voivodeship

Date of Death: 17-Dec-1916

Profession: actor, painter, theater director

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Leopold Sulerzhitsky

  • Leopold Antonovich Sulerzhitsky (Russian: ???????? ????????? ???????????) (September 27, 1872 – December 30, 1916) was a Russian theatre director, painter and pedagogue of Polish descent.
  • He is associated with the Moscow Art Theatre and the household of Leo Tolstoy.
  • Among his many students were Yevgeny Vakhtangov and Michael Chekhov. A native of Zhitomir, Sulerzhitsky pursued study of the visual arts in Kiev.
  • As a schoolboy he was involved in decorating St Volodymyr's Cathedral, working under the likes of Mikhail Vrubel and Viktor Vasnetsov.
  • In 1890 he joined the Stroganov Art School in Moscow but dropped out four years later, due to his "anti-government escapades." Sulerzhitsky, always a colourful personality, turned his attention to theatre and soon became a fixture of Moscow artistic life. Tatyana Tolstaya, one of his schoolmates, introduced him to her famous father.
  • Sulerzhitsky grew fascinated with Leo Tolstoy's ideas of pacifism and anarchism and decided to dedicate his life to their dissemination.
  • He became one of the most loyal Tolstoyans.
  • His diary kept track of early Doukhobor life before, during, and just after the Doukhobor's migration to Canada at the beginning of the twentieth century.
  • The published diary is called To America with the Doukhobors. Sulerzhitsky contributed greatly to the construction of one of the most successful actor training techniques in the world.
  • He worked with Constantin Stanislavski for many years.
  • In his book on Stanislavski's 'system' Mel Gordon attributes its founding to Stanislavski's nine-year relationship with Suler.
  • He was well versed in Eastern-influenced religious practices, informing Stanislavski about yoga, meditation and the nature of Prana.

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