 From 1925 until 1930, he worked in close collaboration with the famous Greek actress Marika Kotopouli in her own theatre.During this period, he appeared in the great Shakespearan roles in "The Merchant of Venice", "King Lear", "Macbeth" and played the title role in "Hamlet", the first time the play had been staged in Greece.Other roles in the classical repertoire were Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts" and "Peer Gynt".