Anfisa (Анфиса) written by Leonid Nikolaevich Andreyev (1871 - 1919 ), and produced by private stages, the Petersburg New Dramatic Theater and the Moscow troupe of Konstantin Nezlobin, in 1909 and 1910.

   Scenes from Anfisa (Анфиса) written by the russian playwright Leonid Nikolaevich Andreyev (1871 - 1919 ), and produced by private stages, the Petersburg New Dramatic Theater and the Moscow troupe of Konstantin Nezlobin, in 1909 and 1910.

  Anfisa by L. Andreev: early theatrical productions. Pavel Samoilov as Fyodor Kostomarov (New Dramatic Theatre, 1909), Ekaterina Roshchina-Insarova as Anfisa (K. Nezlobin Theatre, 1910)

   

   The key figure of the "new drama" and the new theater of the 20th century is Leonid Andreyev, whose work is associated with radical innovations in directing. However, the "Theater of the Actor" remains in the shadows – the explorations undertaken by artistic individuals within the "territory" of Andreyev's dramaturgy. One such forgotten and, in essence, lost narrative in theater studies is the first productions of the play "Anfisa" (1909). Andreyev's new play particularly interested the acting theater. The first productions were carried out by private stages: the Petersburg New Dramatic Theater and the Moscow troupe of Konstantin Nezlobin. In the first performance (1909), the scenic authorship belonged to the actor Pavel Samoylov, who played the role of Fyodor Kostomarov, while in the second (1910), it was actress Ekaterina Roshchina-Insarova who performed the titular role of Anfisa.