Aleksander Moisiu (April 2, 1879–March 22, 1935) (aka Alexander Moissi) was a famous Albanian stage actor. He was born in Durrës to an Albanian father and Arbëresh mother. Some of his roles have included Hamlet, Oedipus, Faust, Fedya in Tolstoy's "Buried Alive", and Dubedat in George Bernard Shaw's "The Doctor's Dilemma". He was one of the preferred actors of the director Max Reinhardt. Moisiu has also performed in several films. Although he made his name abroad (such as Germany, Russia and Switzerland), he is well remembered and honored in Albania. The High College of Drama in Tirana and the Professional Theatre of Durrës are named after him. He is buried in Lake Lugano, Switzerland. April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 22 March is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... AKA is an initialism for Also Known As. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Durrës (Italian: Durazzo; see also different names) is the most ancient and one of the most economically important important cities of Albania. ... Flag Of The Arberesh People Arbëreshë are Albanian people living in southern Italy. ... The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare and is one of his best-known and most often quoted plays. ... Oedipus and the Sphinx, from an 1879 illustration from Stories from the Greek Tragedians by Alfred Church Oedipus was the mythical king of Thebes, son of Laius and Jocasta, who, unknowingly, killed his father and married his mother. ... Faust (Latin Faustus) is the protagonist of a popular German tale of a pact with the Devil, assumed to be based on the figure of the German magician and alchemist Dr. Johann Georg Faust (approximately 1480-1540). ... Coat of arms of Count Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, or Tolstoi (Russian: ) is a prominent family of Russian nobility, descending from one Andrey Kharitonovich Tolstoy (i. ... G. Bernard Shaw (he hated the George, which was his fathers first name, and never used it, either personally or professionally) (July 26, 1856 – November 2, 1950) was an Irish playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. ... The Doctors Dilemma is a play by George Bernard Shaw first staged in 1906. ... There are two Max Reinhardts: Max Reinhardt (theatre director) Max Reinhardt (publisher) This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Lago di Lugano Lake Lugano (Italian Lago di Lugano or Ceresio) is a lake in the south-east of Switzerland, at the border between Switzerland and Italy. ...

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