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Listen to the text, read, translate and retell it. Panas Saksaganskyi was a famous Ukrainian actor, producer, theatrical performer






Panas Saksaganskyi was a famous Ukrainian actor, producer, theatrical performer. He was born on the 5th of May, 1859 in village Kaminno-Kostovate. In 1880 the actor finished the Odessa Military School. When being in the army the youth got involved in theatrical performances and joined Chernyshevs’kyi’s company. In 1883 he acted as a representative of M.Staryts’kyi’s professional company. In 1886 the first Ukrainian tour to Moscow and St.Petersburgh was organized and Saksagans’kyi took part in it. In 1890 he organized his own company, and such famed actors as M.Zan’kovets’ka, M.Kropyvnyts’kyi joined it. In 1909, however, the actor abandoned to company and went on accompanying different tours about Ukraine. In 1918 under his supervision the Kyiv National Theatre was organized.

Panas Saksagans’kyi is known and recognizable for his peculiar manner of acting. He tended to reveal a character’s inner make-up as thoroughly as possible. His characters are individual but realistic. His best roles are in “Savva Chalyi”, “A Hundred Thousand”, “Fuss”, “A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush”, “Natalka-Poltavka”, “Nazar Stodolya”, “Two Families”, “Othello” and many others. The actor staged a number of plays himself.

Saksagans’kyi tried his hand at teaching young actors and the lectures and some books of his are dedicated to the matter. His talent and experience suggests a good pattern for further generations.

Choose the best variant to complete each sentence.

1. In 1932 Mrs. Holman entered the Royal ____________ of Dramatic Art in London.

а) school c) college
b) academy d) studio

 

2. Saksagans’kyi is known and recognizable for his __________ manner of acting.

 

a) peculiar c) individual
b) special d) certain

 

3. She used to work at a plant but later __________ it up to take up a model’s career.

 

a) put c) took
b) used d) gave

Match the words.

1. Further a) company
2. Motion-picture b) figure
3. Glamorous c) generations
4. To win d) actress
5. Professional e) attention

Find synonyms to these words from the text.

Well-known  
Audition  
To give up  
Remarkable  
Adopted parents  

Find oррosites in the text.

To enter  
Major  
Comic  
Exterior  
Health  

Find the best variant of the words in the text.

1. The actress is still recognized as one of the most _______________ figures in movie history.

 

a) bright c) glamorous
b) remarkable d) major

 

2. When the girl was 6 she was sent to England to a ____________ school.

 

a) boarding c) theatrical
b) military d) day

3. There would be other films and a _____________ amount of stage work.

 

a) big c) large
b) vast d) broad





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