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Alexander Alexeyevich Pozharov ((ロシア語:Александр Алексеевич Пожаров); in Voronezh – March 1, 1953 in Moscow),〔Date of death, March 1, is uncontroversially agreed upon by Russian sources (i.e. ) although March 4, 1953 issue of The New York Times reported death date as February 28. Ostuzhev's death coincided with publicized terminal agony of Joseph Stalin and thus did not receive as much coverage as it could have in a different time.〕 better known by the stage name Alexander Ostuzhev ((ロシア語:Александр Остужев)) was a Russian and Soviet drama actor. Ostuzhev became the lead actor of the Maly Theatre company in Moscow in 1898. He completely lost hearing by 1910〔 yet managed to stay on stage and play leading roles at Maly until 1952,〔 including critically acclaimed productions of ''Othello'' (1935) and ''Uriel da Costa'' (1940). ==Early career== Alexander Pozharov was born in the family of a railroad engineer in Voronezh. After two years in high school he was expelled after a conflict with the schoolmaster and had to rely on accidental jobs to make a living. He played as an amateur at a local drama theatre where he was spotted by Alexander Yuzhin. Yuzhin invited Pozharov to Maly Theatre College of Acting in Moscow and granted him a scholarship of 300 roubles annually. Pozharov trained at the College of Acting under Alexander Lensky and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko for two years. In 1898 Lensky set up his own company of actors at Maly Theatre, inviting Pozharov. Young actor adopted stage name ''Ostuzhev'' (based on (ロシア語:стужа/stuzha), (英語:frost)), antonymous to his real surname (based on (ロシア語:пожар/pozhar), (英語:fire)). Most common version, later retold by Ostuzhev himself,〔 connects the choice with the director's fear of the public mistaking the actor's real surname with a fire alarm call. Historian Yury Eichenwald proposed a different, perhaps parallel, version, that Lensky chose surname ''Ostuzhev'' for being opposite to Alexander's hot temper on stage and in real life.〔 In 1901 the media named him the perfect Romeo (his first top billing at Maly), but soon his explosive personality backfired: Ostuzhev physically assaulted another actor and was forced to leave Maly. Ostuzhev joined the private Korsch Theatre company for the 1901–1902 season and was later readmitted to Maly, where he would play for the next five decades. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexander Ostuzhev」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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