Word: pashennaya
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...large and wonderful cast. In the American theatre and even in the Yiddish Art Theatre, the tendency was to make them focal, to play for the star. A perfect cast in almost every case was that of Saturday afternoon. Ivan Lasareff as the actor, Giorgi Burdzhaloff as Kostilyoff, Vera Pashennaya as his wife, and Nina Litovtseva as Anna created unforgetably fine characterizations. The Pepel of Peter Baksheieff, while it was exceptional in its way, seemed out of tune with the playing of the rest of the company...
...acting. The company changes from performance to performance. The cast seen on Tuesday afternoon was not the cast seen on Monday night. Katchaloff had replaced Moskvin as the Tsar, Stanislavsky was cost as Shouisky in the place of Luzhsky, Yershoff was playing Boris instead of Vishnevsky, and Madame Pashennaya played the Tsarina in the place of Madame Tchekhova. The performance at the Tuesday matince was no doubt not quite as interesting as the one on the opening night, though the Shouisky of Stanislavsky was outstanding, as was the Boris of Yershoff. Disappointment came in the Tsar as played by Katchaloff...
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