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 Karina Sakhanenko
Arina Panteleymonovna, the Aunt Recipient of the State Prize of the Russian Federation Government, People's Artist of Russia Lyudmila Polyakova
Fyokla Ivanovna, the Matchmaker Laureate of USSR State Prizes and Russian Federation Government Awards, People's Artist of Russia Irina Muravyova
Podkolyosin, the Clerk Grigoriy Skryapkin
Kochkaryov, the Friend of Podkolyosin People's Artist of Russia Alexander Vershinin
Yaichnitsa, the Executor People's Artist of Russia Valeriy AfanasyevRecipient of the Prize of the Russian Federation Government, People's Artist of Russia Alexander Klukvin
Anuchkin, the Retired Officer Recipient of the Prize of the Russian Federation Government, People's Artist of Russia Alexander ErmakovState Prize of the Russian Federation laureate, Honored Artist of Russia Gleb Podgorodinskiy
Zhevakin, the Sailor People's Artist of Russia Vladimir Dubroskiy People's Artist of Russia Aleksey Kudinovich
Dunyashka, the Girl in the House Natalya Khrustalyova
Starikov, the Shopkeeper Andrey Sergeev Alexander Naumov
Stepan, Podkolyosin’s Servant Ignatiy Kuznetsov Stanislav Soshnikov