Ioasaf Aleksandrovich Tikhomirov (1872-1908) was a male

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from the

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. He trained under

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, who offered "rigorous and intelligent" courses in actor training at the school of the

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. Tikhomirov was one of twelve students that Nemirovich brought with him to join the

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when he founded it with

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in 1898. He acted with the company until 1904 and also served as the director of the Art Theatre School. In 1904 Stanislavski sent Tikhomirov to help

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establish his newly founded theatre in

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, but the project was abandoned when the Russian censor banned every play that they proposed to stage.Benedetti (1999, 150).

References

Sources

* Benedetti, Jean. 1999. ''Stanislavski: His Life and Art''. Revised edition. Original edition published in 1988. London: Methuen. . * Whyman, Rose. 2008. ''The Stanislavsky System of Acting: Legacy and Influence in Modern Performance.'' Cambridge: Cambridge UP. . * Worrall, Nick. 1996. ''The Moscow Art Theatre.'' Theatre Production Studies ser. London and NY: Routledge. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Tikhomirov, Ioasaf Aleksandrovich 1872 births 1908 deaths Drama teachers from the Russian Empire Moscow Art Theatre Male actors from the Russian Empire