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DEAD SOULS
Nikolai Gogol

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Nearest shows: 14.11, 27.12, 21.01

As paradoxical as it may sound, N.V. Gogol’s “Dead Souls” is a new material for the Maly Theatre. In the pre-revolutionary repertoire there were five different performances based on the immortal Gogol’s poem, but they were not particularly remarkable in history of the Maly Theatre. At a later time theatre didn’t address this material, so it meant to start from scratch. “For me, - says the performance director Aleksey Dubrovsky, - including Gogol’s brilliant sense of humor one of the main themes of performance, oddly enough, is loneliness. Having re-read carefully the poem I revealed that almost all the main characters have several words or even soliloquies about it. And Chichikov in poem’s conclusion says that he was up to this fraudulent combination only in order “to have wife and children and to discharge his duties as a human being”. Add to this “roving” over Russia souls of dead peasants and lonely “troika, swift as a bird”, which “shall one day force all nations, all empires to stand aside”, and to which they give the way, and the phrase “dead souls” begins to make more sense.


Performance Director – Honoured Artist of Russia, Laureate of the Russian Government Award Aleksey Dubrovsky


Set Designer – Laureate of the Russian Government Award Maria Utrobina

Composer - People's Artist of Russia Grigory Gobernik

Lighting Designer - Honoured Worker of Culture of Russia Andrey Izotov

Dramatic adaptation by Mikhail Bulgakov

Roles and actors:

Chichikov заслуженный артист России Aleksey Faddeev

Plushkin Laureate of the State prizes of the Russian Federation, народный артист России Vasiliy Bochkaryov

Sobakevich народный артист России Valeriy Afanasyev народный артист России Михаил Филиппов

Manilov Recipient of the Prize of the Russian Federation Government, народный артист России Alexander Klukvin

Korobochka Laureate of USSR State Prizes and Russian Federation Government Awards, народная артистка России Irina Muravyova

Nozdryov народный артист России Viktor Nizovoy

Governor народный артист России Vladimir Nosik

Governor's wife заслуженный артист России Aleksey Dubrovskiy народная артистка России Alyona Okhlupina

Governor's daughter Mariya Kriventseva

Public prosecutor Konstantin Yudaev

The Chairman заслуженный артист России Sergey Veshchev

Postmaster заслуженный артист России Vasiliy Zotov

Policemaster заслуженный артист России Vasiliy Dakhnenko

Gendarme colonel Mikhail Fomenko

Selifan заслуженный артист России Viktor Bunakov

Sofya Ivanovna Olga Zhevakina

Anna Grigorievna Anastasiya Dubrovskaya

Mizhuyev, Son-in-law Igor Grigoriev

District chief of police заслуженный артист России Pyotr Skladchikov

Fetinya заслуженная артистка России Zinaida Andreeva

Petrushka Alexander Nikiforov

Servant in the Governor's House Sergey Vidineev Alexander Naumov Dmitry Safonov

Andrushka Evgeniy Voronov

First man Andrey Manke

Second man Recipient of the State Prize of the Russian Federation, заслуженный артист России Yuriy Ilyin Viktor Andrianov

First lady Valeriya Knyazeva Alina Kolesnikova

Second lady Varvara ShatalovaDeputy concertmaster of the violas, Venera Grevtseva

DEAD SOULS
Nikolai Gogol
Dramatic adaptation by Mikhail Bulgakov

Nearest shows: 14.11, 27.12, 21.01
Buy tickets

As paradoxical as it may sound, N.V. Gogol’s “Dead Souls” is a new material for the Maly Theatre. In the pre-revolutionary repertoire there were five different performances based on the immortal Gogol’s poem, but they were not particularly remarkable in history of the Maly Theatre. At a later time theatre didn’t address this material, so it meant to start from scratch. “For me, - says the performance director Aleksey Dubrovsky, - including Gogol’s brilliant sense of humor one of the main themes of performance, oddly enough, is loneliness. Having re-read carefully the poem I revealed that almost all the main characters have several words or even soliloquies about it. And Chichikov in poem’s conclusion says that he was up to this fraudulent combination only in order “to have wife and children and to discharge his duties as a human being”. Add to this “roving” over Russia souls of dead peasants and lonely “troika, swift as a bird”, which “shall one day force all nations, all empires to stand aside”, and to which they give the way, and the phrase “dead souls” begins to make more sense.


Performance Director – Honoured Artist of Russia, Laureate of the Russian Government Award Aleksey Dubrovsky


Set Designer – Laureate of the Russian Government Award Maria Utrobina

Composer - People's Artist of Russia Grigory Gobernik

Lighting Designer - Honoured Worker of Culture of Russia Andrey Izotov

Roles and actors

Chichikov заслуженный артист России Aleksey Faddeev

Plushkin Laureate of the State prizes of the Russian Federation, народный артист России Vasiliy Bochkaryov

Sobakevich народный артист России Valeriy Afanasyev народный артист России Михаил Филиппов

Manilov Recipient of the Prize of the Russian Federation Government, народный артист России Alexander Klukvin

Korobochka Laureate of USSR State Prizes and Russian Federation Government Awards, народная артистка России Irina Muravyova

Nozdryov народный артист России Viktor Nizovoy

Governor народный артист России Vladimir Nosik

Governor's wife заслуженный артист России Aleksey Dubrovskiy народная артистка России Alyona Okhlupina

Governor's daughter Mariya Kriventseva

Public prosecutor Konstantin Yudaev

The Chairman заслуженный артист России Sergey Veshchev

Postmaster заслуженный артист России Vasiliy Zotov

Policemaster заслуженный артист России Vasiliy Dakhnenko

Gendarme colonel Mikhail Fomenko

Selifan заслуженный артист России Viktor Bunakov

Sofya Ivanovna Olga Zhevakina

Anna Grigorievna Anastasiya Dubrovskaya

Mizhuyev, Son-in-law Igor Grigoriev

District chief of police заслуженный артист России Pyotr Skladchikov

Fetinya заслуженная артистка России Zinaida Andreeva

Petrushka Alexander Nikiforov

Servant in the Governor's House Sergey Vidineev Alexander Naumov Dmitry Safonov

Andrushka Evgeniy Voronov

First man Andrey Manke

Second man Recipient of the State Prize of the Russian Federation, заслуженный артист России Yuriy Ilyin Viktor Andrianov

First lady Valeriya Knyazeva Alina Kolesnikova

Second lady Varvara ShatalovaDeputy concertmaster of the violas, Venera Grevtseva

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