Verkhovsky (real name Shishkin) Alexander Semyonovich was born in 1892, Baku - died on July 10, 1962, Ryazan.
Director, Honored Artist of the Dagestan ASSR. He began his career on the professional stage in the city of Kuibyshev -Samara. For many years he worked as a director and actor in major cities of the Soviet Union, was the chief director of many peripheral theaters.
In the 30s, he studied in Moscow at directing courses under the guidance of K.S. Stanislavsky and V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko. In 1931-1933 he headed the troupe of the Kursk City Theater.
He staged 21 performances: «Tempo» and «Poem about the Axe» by N. Pogodin, «Guilty without Guilt» and «On every Wise Man», A.N. Ostrovsky, «Fear» by A. Afinogenov, «The Poet and the Tsar» and «The Death of Lermontor» by N. Lerner, «At the Bottom» and «Egor Bulychov» by M. Gorky, «Humiliated and Insulted» by F. Dostoevsky, «The Last Resolute» by V. Vishnevsky and others.
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