Maly Theatre presents «Wedding!Wedding!Wedding»,a production that combines Anton Chekhov’s famous vaudevilles «The Bear» and «The Proposal». Designated as «sketches», this hilarious interpretation of two of Chekhov’s short plays explores the process of getting married. First comes a story telling us about how an anticipated happiness was nearly ruined by a money argument («The Proposal»). Then all of a sudden monetary claim turns into a proposal («The Bear»). Overall, this production is a great satirical examination of human nature, the upper middle class and courtship.
Lyrics: Poems by Heinrich Heine (translation by Alexander Blok) and Nikolay Zubov set to music
Performance Director – Vladimir Ivanov
Scenography – Alexander Glazunov
Composer – Alexei Ivanov
Assistant Director – Zinaida Andreeva
Costume Designer – Constantin Shamrin
Light Designer – Damir Ismagilov
Choreographer – Maria Suvorova
Premiere – November 17th, 2004
Running Time: 1h40
Suitable for 12+yrs
Sketches, short two-act comedies
The performance runs with one intermission
Roles and actors:
Stepan Stepanovich Chubukov Recipient of the State Prize and the Prize of the Russian Federation Government , People's Artist of Russia Boris NevzorovRecipient of the Prize of the Russian Federation Government, People's Artist of Russia Alexander Klukvin
Natalia Stepanovna, his daughter Olga Zhevakina Olga Pleshkova
Ivan Vasilyevich Lomov, Chubukov's neighbour State Prize of the Russian Federation laureate, Honored Artist of Russia Gleb Podgorodinskiy
Chubukov's servant Evgeniy Aranovskiy Pyotr Zhikharev Grigoriy Skryapkin Aleksey Anokhin
Boatman Igor Grigoriev Alexander Driven Vladimir Tyaptushkin Ignatiy Kuznetsov
A boy Honored Artist of Russia Zinaida Andreeva
Maids Nataliya Shvets Irina Zheryakova Alina Kirillina Ekaterina Kazakova
Elena Ivanovna Popova People's Artist of Russia Elena KharitonovaRecipient of the Prize of the Russian Federation Government, People's Artist of Russia Olga Pashkova
Grigoriy Stepanovich Smirnov Honored Artist of Russia Viktor Nizovoy Honored Artist of Russia Aleksey Faddeev Mikhail Fomenko
Luca Honored Artist of Russia Pyotr Skladchikov Viktor Andrianov Honored Artist of Russia Sergey Veshchev Aleksey Anokhin