Lithuanian Stage Actors - Un? Babickait?, Kristina Orbakaite, Algimantas Masiulis, Inga Jankauskait?, Ingeborga Dapk?nait? (Paperback)

Chapters: Un? Babickait?, Kristina Orbakaite, Algimantas Masiulis, Inga Jankauskait?, Ingeborga Dapk?nait?. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Un Babickait-Graiinien (born Urul Babickait also known as Une Bay; April 19, 1897 near Kupikis August 1, 1961 in Kaunas) was a Lithuanian actress and theater director. She was a wife of business theorist Vytautas Andrius Graiinas. During World War I, Babickait and her family retreated to Saint Petersburg. There she met Balys Sruoga, who encouraged her to begin theater studies at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in 1916. Balys named her Un. After return to Lithuania, she organized and theater group Daina and staged several performances. However, a woman director stirred up controversy in a conservative society and the plays were attacked by critics. In 1919, Babickait moved to the United States, where she simplified her name to Un Baye. There she took parts in theaters in New York, Washington DC, Chicago, and played in three silent films. In 1928, when her husband moved to Europe for business, Babickait appeared in London and Paris theaters. Her husband Graiinas financed her artistic endeavors. In France she met with Konstantin Balmont, who dedicated at least four of his poems to her. In 1936, she returned to Lithuania and directed plays in iauliai. After World War II, the Lithuanian SSR became part of the Soviet Union. Her husband, an American citizen, was arrested in 1951 and sentenced to 10 years in GULAG. He died the following year under unclear circumstances. Babickait was also sentenced to 5 years. In 1953, during de-Stalinization after Stalin's death, she received amnesty and was allowed to return to Lithuania. She died in 1961 in Kaunas. Babickait left an extensive collection of documents, correspo...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=945358