you are: I.A.Dmitrievsky

The journalist and the playwright, the author of vaudevilles F.A.Koni wrote: Dmitrevsky, ' not following in the game to error of a century, found elements for expression of represented character at heart the, in a feeling hiding place, in passion movement, instead of in speaking curls, not in declamatory knights on a scene. Others aspired to show force of internal movement by force of the external form: a thunderous sound, violent movement, wide gesture; they resembled more gladiators; it found the form for internal feeling in natural means and impulses of the strongest passions, was the person. Its movements were moderate, modest, the voice is firm, but is pleasant. Often in the strongest scenes he spoke shopotom, but this shopot had something the general with a distant roar of the thunder-storm, ready to burst in a thunder and molnieju; from it hair became on end. At Dmitrevsky in some roles there were words which the spectator, having heard time from lips it, did not forget during all life. So it is a lot of true and forces were given by it to the diction. Its creations were full, obdumanny, are true: the coldest spectator was forgotten: before it the character in full charm of a life was - the actor disappeared '.

Dmitrevsky it was difficult to introduce a new direction in a theatrical art. Petersburg was a classicism citadel. Dmitrevsky has translated some tens plays of writers-sentimentalists. He understood, that the new dramas of success translated by it from French here will not have. In 1770 it has gone to Moscow and on a scene of private theatre has put Beaumarcha's drama ' Evgenie ' in which has executed a leading role of count Klarendona.

Supporters of classicism razrugali the play, spectators have accepted this performance with delight. The new dramatic art and new receptions of actor's game have obtained, thus, a recognition in Moscow. In 1780 Dmitrevsky became the head of democratic theatre Knippera in Petersburg. Knipper was the doctor of the Educational house, under the contract it has received 50 pupils and pupils whom should train by means of teachers in a theatrical art. For it they were obliged to play free of charge its theatre for a number of years.