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By the end of the first decade of XIX century serf theatres in Moscow gradually disappear. Their owners aspire to sell actors. Talented actors and actresses were on sale for five and more thousand roubles for the person. While the ordinary girl-parlourmaid was on sale for 80 roubles, and the man suitable in recruits, - for 120.

The Office of imperial theatres has bought a part of its troupe from P.M.Volkonsky. The writer With. P.Zhiharev, the author of the book ' Notes of the contemporary ', wrote, that Volkonsky's serf actors went in this connection ' with raised heads '.

In 1806 was going to sell A.E.Stolypin's troupe. Actors have chosen from the circle of the representative - Benedikta Baranova and have addressed to Alexander I with the request to redeem them and to define on a state scene.

Under the law of 1817 ' About an exception of actors and other theatrical attendants from podushnogo the salary ' all employees at state theatres were released from a serfdom, the truth, the management did not execute this law.

In posters of the state theatres before a surname of serfs did not put the letter ' g ' (mister) and for faults as we already marked, subjected to punishments (actress A.I.Lisitsyn have cut before the wedding, in some minutes before it has become ' madam Butenbrok ').

And still the service on a state scene was more attractive for actors.