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 Prize of the Russian Federation Government, народный артист России Alexander Klukvin заслуженный артист России Alexander Titorenko Mikhail Fomenko
Natalia Stepanovna, his daughter Olga Zhevakina Olga Pleshkova Nataliya Kalinina
Ivan Vasilyevich Lomov, Chubukov's neighbour State Prize of the Russian Federation laureate, народный артист России Gleb Podgorodinskiy
Chubukov's servant Evgeniy Aranovskiy Pyotr Zhikharev Aleksey Anokhin
Boatman Igor Grigoriev Vladimir Tyaptushkin Ignatiy Kuznetsov Максим Путинцев
A boy заслуженная артистка России Zinaida Andreeva
Maids Nataliya Shvets Irina Zheryakova Alina Kirillina Ekaterina Kazakova Екатерина Гревцева
Elena Ivanovna Popova народная артистка России Elena Kharitonova Olga Abramova
Grigoriy Stepanovich Smirnov народный артист России Viktor Nizovoy заслуженный артист России Aleksey Faddeev Mikhail Fomenko
Luca заслуженный артист России Pyotr Skladchikov Viktor Andrianov заслуженный артист России Sergey Veshchev Aleksey Anokhin
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
Roles and actors
Stepan Stepanovich Chubukov Recipient of the Prize of the Russian Federation Government, народный артист России Alexander Klukvin заслуженный артист России Alexander Titorenko Mikhail Fomenko
Natalia Stepanovna, his daughter Olga Zhevakina Olga Pleshkova Nataliya Kalinina
Ivan Vasilyevich Lomov, Chubukov's neighbour State Prize of the Russian Federation laureate, народный артист России Gleb Podgorodinskiy
Chubukov's servant Evgeniy Aranovskiy Pyotr Zhikharev Aleksey Anokhin
Boatman Igor Grigoriev Vladimir Tyaptushkin Ignatiy Kuznetsov Максим Путинцев
A boy заслуженная артистка России Zinaida Andreeva
Maids Nataliya Shvets Irina Zheryakova Alina Kirillina Ekaterina Kazakova Екатерина Гревцева
Elena Ivanovna Popova народная артистка России Elena Kharitonova Olga Abramova
Grigoriy Stepanovich Smirnov народный артист России Viktor Nizovoy заслуженный артист России Aleksey Faddeev Mikhail Fomenko
Luca заслуженный артист России Pyotr Skladchikov Viktor Andrianov заслуженный артист России Sergey Veshchev Aleksey Anokhin