Modest Ivanovich Pisarev (, 14 February 1844 — 13 October 1905) was a

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graduate, Pisarev earned the reputation of a true intellectual of Russian theatre stage, who always "preferred to play thinkers, not lovers." He started to act professionally in 1867 in

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, later he moved to

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, then worked for some time in Moscow, in Anna Brenko's Pushkin Theatre troupe and

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(which he was a co-founder of), before joining the Saint Petersburg's Alexandrinka in 1885. Pisarev, who debuted as a 15-year-old as Tishka in Ostrovsky's ''

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'' (in which the author himself played the leading role), excelled in the great dramatist's repertoire (Rusakov in '' Stay in Your Own Sled'', Neschastlivtsev in '' The Forest''). Profoundly influenced by both Ostrovsky's work and his artistic mindset, Pisarev authored numerous in-depth critical reviews of his plays, notably of '' The Storm'', in 1860. He also compiled and edited the first edition of the Complete Ostrovsky (Saint Petersburg, 1904-1905) and was instrumental in its publishing.Модест Иванович Писарев
Biography at the Krugosvet online encyclopediaModest Pisarev
in the Soviet Theatre Encyclopedia The actress

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was his wife.

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