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MARRIAGE
Nikolai Gogol

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Nearest shows: 18.04, 19.04, 29.05

For more than a hundred years Gogol's «Marriage» has not appeared on the stage of the Maly Theatre - a brilliant but truly unresolved play. This is a satire of courtship and cowardice, which centres on a faint hearted petty officer Podkolyosin. «I wish I might» - a minor problem seems to grow in his consciousness to the Hamlet's famous soliloquy – «to be or not to be!"» A picky bride, hapless suitors, agile matchmaker, etc. - all the characters of the play are written out brightly and are brilliantly portrayed by the actors of the Maly Theatre. The vitality of Gogol's language and humor, carefully approached and restored by Yuri Solomin turn this luminous, hilarious cosmic farce into a true gift for the connoisseurs of undying classics.

Director – People's Artist of the USSR laureate of State Prizes of Russia Yuri Solomin

Set designer – Honored Worker of Culture of Russia Alexander Glazunov

Costume designer - Aleksey Trefilov

Composer – People's Artist of Russia Grigoriy Gobernik

Lighting Designer - Honored Artist of Russia Damir Ismagilov

Premiere - December 24, 2017

Running time: 2 hours 45 minutes.

An Utterly Improbable Occurrence in Two Acts
The performance runs with one intermission

Roles and actors:

Agafya Tikhonovna, the merchant's daughter, the Bride Mariya Dunaevskaya

Arina Panteleymonovna, the Aunt Recipient of the State Prize of the Russian Federation Government, народная артистка России Lyudmila Polyakova заслуженная артистка России Yulia Zykova

Fyokla Ivanovna, the Matchmaker Laureate of USSR State Prizes and Russian Federation Government Awards, народная артистка России Irina Muravyova заслуженная артистка России Inna Ivanova

Podkolyosin, the Clerk Dmitry Safonov

Kochkaryov, the Friend of Podkolyosin народный артист России Alexander Vershinin Ignatiy Kuznetsov

Yaichnitsa, the Executor народный артист России Valeriy AfanasyevRecipient of the Prize of the Russian Federation Government, народный артист России Alexander Klukvin

Anuchkin, the Retired Officer Recipient of the Prize of the Russian Federation Government, народный артист России Alexander Ermakov

Zhevakin, the Sailor народный артист России Vladimir Dubroskiy

Dunyashka, the Girl in the House Natalya Khrustalyova Ekaterina Kazakova

Starikov, the Shopkeeper Alexander Naumov Mikhail Zubarev

Stepan, Podkolyosin’s Servant Ignatiy Kuznetsov Stanislav Soshnikov заслуженный артист России Sergey Tezov Никита Шайдаров Vladimir Tyaptushkin

MARRIAGE
Nikolai Gogol
An Utterly Improbable Occurrence in Two Acts
The performance runs with one intermission

Nearest shows: 18.04, 19.04, 29.05
Buy tickets

For more than a hundred years Gogol's «Marriage» has not appeared on the stage of the Maly Theatre - a brilliant but truly unresolved play. This is a satire of courtship and cowardice, which centres on a faint hearted petty officer Podkolyosin. «I wish I might» - a minor problem seems to grow in his consciousness to the Hamlet's famous soliloquy – «to be or not to be!"» A picky bride, hapless suitors, agile matchmaker, etc. - all the characters of the play are written out brightly and are brilliantly portrayed by the actors of the Maly Theatre. The vitality of Gogol's language and humor, carefully approached and restored by Yuri Solomin turn this luminous, hilarious cosmic farce into a true gift for the connoisseurs of undying classics.

Director – People's Artist of the USSR laureate of State Prizes of Russia Yuri Solomin

Set designer – Honored Worker of Culture of Russia Alexander Glazunov

Costume designer - Aleksey Trefilov

Composer – People's Artist of Russia Grigoriy Gobernik

Lighting Designer - Honored Artist of Russia Damir Ismagilov

Premiere - December 24, 2017

Running time: 2 hours 45 minutes.

News

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​On October 11 the VI All-Russian Theatre Festival of “Russian Comedy” that took place on the stage of the Rostov Academic Drama Theatre named Maxim Gorky came to an end.

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THE MALY THEATRE ON TOUR IN ROSTOV-ON-DON

These days the VI-th edition of the All-Russian Theatre Festival of Russian Comedy is taking place in Rostov. The playbill includes 17 performances from 13 Russian cities. The Maly Theatre is presenting Gogol's Marriage. Details in the coverage by DON-TR and DON-24.ru​

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