Niko Gotsiridze

Niko Gotsiridze (Nico Gotziridze, Нико Гоциридзе) (16 February, 1871 – 30 July, 1949[1]) was a Georgian actor, director and a comedian who charmed spectators with his sense of humor.[2] For fifteen years he managed the Tbilisi Ossetian Theatre.[3]

Niko Gotsiridze
Born(1871-02-16)February 16, 1871
Tbilisi, Russian Empire
DiedJuly 30, 1949(1949-07-30) (aged 78)
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR
NationalityGeorgian
Occupation(s)actor, director

Gotsiridze was the son of a tailor, but loved the stage, and first took to the boards at the age of twelve. He developed a comedy act and played the local working-class establishments until, in 1922, he joined a professional touring troupe under the director Kote Marjanishvili (Марджановым). He was much lauded and in 1924 he was made a People's Artist of the Georgia SSR.[4]

Awards

References
  1. "Niko Gotsiridze". Biographical Dictionary of Georgia. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
  2. że Maryanishvili, Constantine Aleksandres (1958). Творческое наследие: Воспоминания, статьи и доклады. Статьи о Марджанишвили. Tsariya East (Georgian State Theatre Institute of Shota Rustaveli). p. 139.
  3. Ruset͡skiĭ, Aleksandr (2005). Georgian-Ossetian Peacemaking Movement "Kazbegi Process". South-Caucasus Institute of Regional Security. p. 78.
  4. Гоциридзе Нико - Биография (in Russian). Биография.Ру. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014.


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