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MONEY TO BURN
Alexander Ostrovsky

St. Petersburg State Academic Comedy Theatre named after N.P. Akimov

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The beautiful Lydia Cheboksarova, who is accustomed to live in a big way, has a lot of fans, but none of them is ready to make an offer to the picky hunter for a rich husband, until the humble provincial Vasilkov appears on the horizon. Friends Cheboksarovyh, wanting to play Lydia, Vasilkova extradite for the gold-mining "millionaire". Lydia accepts the offer of Vasilkov, but turns out to be cruelly deceived ... The plot of the play by A.N. Ostrovsky resembles Without a Dowry, only all the provisions of the drama here are presented in a hilarious manner. A kind of temporary rhyme makes the plot and the problems of Ostrovsky's satire relevant for today. Russia at the end of the 19th century, when the beautiful era of frivolous beauties and carefree smokers, without an account of throwing money to the wind, replaced severe calculation and economy when new standards of business and family relations were developed, reminiscent of Russia of the 2010s.

The world of Ostrovsky’s heroes, in which vices and virtues are convexly introduced into a complex game and interrelation, continues the satirical line of the repertoire policy of the theater, in which social criticism always represented an important place, represented by such performances as Krechinsky's Wedding, The Visit of the Lady, The Shadow and Dragon.

Directed by Tatiana Kazakova
Designer: Stefania Graurogkayte
Composer - Evgeniy Stetsyuk

Running time: 3 hours.

The performance runs with one intermission.

12+

MONEY TO BURN
Alexander Ostrovsky

Nearest shows:

The beautiful Lydia Cheboksarova, who is accustomed to live in a big way, has a lot of fans, but none of them is ready to make an offer to the picky hunter for a rich husband, until the humble provincial Vasilkov appears on the horizon. Friends Cheboksarovyh, wanting to play Lydia, Vasilkova extradite for the gold-mining "millionaire". Lydia accepts the offer of Vasilkov, but turns out to be cruelly deceived ... The plot of the play by A.N. Ostrovsky resembles Without a Dowry, only all the provisions of the drama here are presented in a hilarious manner. A kind of temporary rhyme makes the plot and the problems of Ostrovsky's satire relevant for today. Russia at the end of the 19th century, when the beautiful era of frivolous beauties and carefree smokers, without an account of throwing money to the wind, replaced severe calculation and economy when new standards of business and family relations were developed, reminiscent of Russia of the 2010s.

The world of Ostrovsky’s heroes, in which vices and virtues are convexly introduced into a complex game and interrelation, continues the satirical line of the repertoire policy of the theater, in which social criticism always represented an important place, represented by such performances as Krechinsky's Wedding, The Visit of the Lady, The Shadow and Dragon.

Directed by Tatiana Kazakova
Designer: Stefania Graurogkayte
Composer - Evgeniy Stetsyuk

Running time: 3 hours.

The performance runs with one intermission.

12+

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