person
Hamlet-Sashechka
Sashechka
also: Гамлет-Сашечка
An actor in Chekhov's Odessa theatrical troupe of summer 1889, nicknamed for his Hamlet role and described backstage as languishing and "hurling thunderbolts"; the troupe's "Hamlet" is reported elsewhere in the same letter as having gone well. Real name unresolved.
Reading notes
- To I. P. Chekhov, 16 July 1889. Parokhod "Olga". §5 Hamlet-Sashechka, languishing and hurling thunderbolts
An actor nicknamed for his Hamlet role; \S11 reports the troupe's production of "Hamlet" went well, which this nickname anticipates.