Arkady Astrov
Arkady Astrov (4th of September 1922, Bogodukhov, Kharkov Governorate, UkrSSR, USSR – 24th of June 2004, Riga, the Republic of Latvia) – a thespian, a program director, a master of recitation, a specialist in rhetoric and oratory, a master of eloquence.
A. Astrov was born in the family of doctors and for a long time lived in Russia where he played in the theatre. In 1947 he was transferred to Riga as an actor of the Russian group of the Young Spectator's Theatre.
He performed the roles in plays based on classical scriptwriters (Russian and foreign authors) such as A. Fadeyev, A. Ostrovsky, I. Turgenev, A. Arbuzov, С. Goldoni etc.
While working at the Young Spectator's Theatre, A. Astrov graduated from the faculty of Philology of the Latvian State University. After leaving the theatre A. Astrov performed solo literary concerts, devoted himself to producing, pedagogics and teaching theatrical mastership.
He founded the Youth Poetic Theatre (1964–1977) and was its scriptwriter and producer. In 1975 A. Astrov founded professional Riga Poetry Theatre where he was staging literary-musical plays and was performing the leading roles.
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