Eugène Scribe and Maly theatre tell us a fascinating story of how in the ХVI an intelligent andcharming French princess Marguerite de Navarre managed to free her brother, King Francis I, who had been held prisoner in Spain. All the characters in this brilliant comedy are in love, and each of them keeps a secret…
Performance Director – Vladimir Beilis
Scenography – Enar Stenberg
Composer – Shandor Kallosh
Assistant Director – Andrey Tsisaruk
Premiere – October 24th, 1997
300th performance – June 6th, 2004
400th performance – November 25th, 2007
500th performance – March 27th, 2011
600th performance – March 19th, 2016
Running Time: 3hrs
Suitable for 12+yrs
A comedy in 2 acts
Translated from the French by S. Borovoy and S. Radzinskiy
Stage version of the Maly theatre
Roles and actors:
Charles V, King of Spain народный артист России Alexander Vershinin
Eleanor of Austria, his sister заслуженная артистка России Tatyana Lebedeva Nataliya Vereshchenko Alexandra Ivanova
Guatinara, the Minister Mikhail Fomenko Oleg Dobrovan
Babieсa, the valet of Charles V народный артист России Viktor Nizovoy Sergey Potapov Denis Kornuch
Isabella of Portugal, the bride of Charles V заслуженная артистка России Ekaterina Bazarova Alyona Kolesnikova
Francis I, King of France Alexander Volkov Maksim Khrustalyov Oleg Dobrovan
Marguerite, his sister народная артистка России Elena Kharitonova
Count Henri d'Albret заслуженный артист России Vasiliy Zotov Dmitriy Krivosheev Vladimir Alekseev
Head Guard Aleksey Anokhin Evgeniy Voronov Mikhail Zubarev
Page Pyotr Zhikharev Vladimir Alekseev Kirill Shvartsenberg Никита Шайдаров
Eugène Scribe and Maly theatre tell us a fascinating story of how in the ХVI an intelligent andcharming French princess Marguerite de Navarre managed to free her brother, King Francis I, who had been held prisoner in Spain. All the characters in this brilliant comedy are in love, and each of them keeps a secret…
Performance Director – Vladimir Beilis
Scenography – Enar Stenberg
Composer – Shandor Kallosh
Assistant Director – Andrey Tsisaruk
Premiere – October 24th, 1997
300th performance – June 6th, 2004
400th performance – November 25th, 2007
500th performance – March 27th, 2011
600th performance – March 19th, 2016
Running Time: 3hrs
Suitable for 12+yrs
Roles and actors
Charles V, King of Spain народный артист России Alexander Vershinin
Eleanor of Austria, his sister заслуженная артистка России Tatyana Lebedeva Nataliya Vereshchenko Alexandra Ivanova
Guatinara, the Minister Mikhail Fomenko Oleg Dobrovan
Babieсa, the valet of Charles V народный артист России Viktor Nizovoy Sergey Potapov Denis Kornuch
Isabella of Portugal, the bride of Charles V заслуженная артистка России Ekaterina Bazarova Alyona Kolesnikova
Francis I, King of France Alexander Volkov Maksim Khrustalyov Oleg Dobrovan
Marguerite, his sister народная артистка России Elena Kharitonova
Count Henri d'Albret заслуженный артист России Vasiliy Zotov Dmitriy Krivosheev Vladimir Alekseev
Head Guard Aleksey Anokhin Evgeniy Voronov Mikhail Zubarev
Page Pyotr Zhikharev Vladimir Alekseev Kirill Shvartsenberg Никита Шайдаров