He could’n
walk freely in the street. Passers always smiled at him, usually they stopped him and invited at home. He
didn’t like going to the store or market, because the sellers gave him
everything for free.
Inspite of his such popularity in casual life he was quite
shy and modest person. From too much
attention he felt akward and got confused. In these exact cases he was helped
out by his artistism to somehow cover his shyness. But the real transformation
was on stage. While the performance he changed all the way around. Theatral
costume, wig and the make-up helped him to overcome his shyness.
Erosi Manjgaladze was born on March 3 of 1925 in the village
named Ganiri. His first role was at age of 6 in the school play. After an actor of Rustaveli Theatre saw
Erosi’s performance he advised to become an actor. After that Erosi firmly
desided to become one.
Erosi began working in state radiocommittee of Georgia. At
the age of 17 he became the invarialbe voice of Georgia’s radio.
Erosi’s stage partner
Medea Cakhava commented: “He had
some kind of magic, low and velvety voice. It was like music coming out from
his mouth.”
In 1945 director George Tovstonogov staged “The Philistines”.
On Teterev’s role he invited Erosi Manjgaladze. The first performance gave rise
to the first recognition.
Erosi always began preparation for the play several days
earlier. He didn’t smoke and didn’t drink alcohol too for several days before
the performance. He had his own audience, people who went to the theatre just to see him, to view
his performance. His stage talent had no borders, he could act in tragedy,
comedy and practially everything.
The director Mikheil Tumanishvili staged “chinchraka” all
based on actors’ improvisation. In this case the main improvisator was
Erosi Manjgaladze.
He was harmless and shy person. His name was Eros- the name
of god of love.
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