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«RE-READING CHEKHOV» IN MELIKHOVO
On May 27th, Maly Theatre’s production «Re-Reading Chekhov» was performed at the State Literary and Memorial Museum-Reserve of A.P. Chekhov, in Melikhovo. The play was presented within the framework of the XVIII International Theatre Festival «Melikhovskaya Vesna».
Journalist Pavel Podkladov reports on the event: « «Re-Reading Chekhov», Maly Theatre’s production became the grand and to some extent touching finale of the powerful symphony called «Melikhovskaya Vesna». Touching because this festival has quite a story behind it. The tradition of Melikhovo theatrical meetings dates back to 1982. It was then, when 35 years ago, the actors of Leo N. Tolstoy Lipetsk Drama Theatre for the first time performed «The Seagull» on the veranda of Chekhov’s "grand duchy" , staged by Vladimir Pakhomov. Treplev and Zarechnaya in that play were played by young actors Olga Pakhomova (Ovchinnikova) and Yuriy Ilyin.Thirty-five years later they met in Melikhovo at yesterday's play! Yuriy Ilyin was on stage, and Olga Aleksandrovna was sitting in the front row! But that's just part of the story… This light-hearted performance was staged by Olga Pakhomova's daughter - Elena Olenina, who, together with her mother, came to Melikhovo in 1982! Elena Olenina together with a team of like-minded colleagues from the Maly Theatre very vividly "re-read" Chekhov, and as a result managed to produce a very funny, "tasteful" performance, brilliantly played by the masters of the oldest drama theatre in Russia.
The director in her introduction to the performance in the festival’s brochure suggested that only the artists of the Maly Theatre can deliver so skillfully Chekhov’s texts. Chekhov’s "weirdos" often find themselves in ridiculous situations thus bringing great please to the audience, sitting on the benches opposite the veranda of the main house. And even in spite of extreme weather conditions no one has left the "battlefield". And then the whole "auditorium" gave a stormy ovation to the wonderful actors and director! Now is not the right time to provide a detailed analysis of the performance, it's still ahead. I can only say that this production turned out to a worthy denouement of the saga called «Melikhovskaya Vesna 2017».»
Photos by Nikolay Antipov
On May 27th, Maly Theatre’s production «Re-Reading Chekhov» was performed at the State Literary and Memorial Museum-Reserve of A.P. Chekhov, in Melikhovo. The play was presented within the framework of the XVIII International Theatre Festival «Melikhovskaya Vesna».
Journalist Pavel Podkladov reports on the event: « «Re-Reading Chekhov», Maly Theatre’s production became the grand and to some extent touching finale of the powerful symphony called «Melikhovskaya Vesna». Touching because this festival has quite a story behind it. The tradition of Melikhovo theatrical meetings dates back to 1982. It was then, when 35 years ago, the actors of Leo N. Tolstoy Lipetsk Drama Theatre for the first time performed «The Seagull» on the veranda of Chekhov’s "grand duchy" , staged by Vladimir Pakhomov. Treplev and Zarechnaya in that play were played by young actors Olga Pakhomova (Ovchinnikova) and Yuriy Ilyin.Thirty-five years later they met in Melikhovo at yesterday's play! Yuriy Ilyin was on stage, and Olga Aleksandrovna was sitting in the front row! But that's just part of the story… This light-hearted performance was staged by Olga Pakhomova's daughter - Elena Olenina, who, together with her mother, came to Melikhovo in 1982! Elena Olenina together with a team of like-minded colleagues from the Maly Theatre very vividly "re-read" Chekhov, and as a result managed to produce a very funny, "tasteful" performance, brilliantly played by the masters of the oldest drama theatre in Russia.
The director in her introduction to the performance in the festival’s brochure suggested that only the artists of the Maly Theatre can deliver so skillfully Chekhov’s texts. Chekhov’s "weirdos" often find themselves in ridiculous situations thus bringing great please to the audience, sitting on the benches opposite the veranda of the main house. And even in spite of extreme weather conditions no one has left the "battlefield". And then the whole "auditorium" gave a stormy ovation to the wonderful actors and director! Now is not the right time to provide a detailed analysis of the performance, it's still ahead. I can only say that this production turned out to a worthy denouement of the saga called «Melikhovskaya Vesna 2017».»
Photos by Nikolay Antipov
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