THE SUICIDE
Written by Nikolai Erdman
Theatre Art Studio
Theatre Art Studio: Sergey Zhenovach's adaptation of Nikolai Erdman's comedy centers around a young, unemployed man desperate enough to contemplate ending it all. As soon as he declares his will to die he finds himself surrounded by a variety of characters begging him to kill himself as a gesture for their cause. Flattered by this noteriety but panicked at the prospect of actually having to go through with it, he must find a way out that somehow leaves his dignity intact. The play, originally written in 1928, forms a link in Russian literary history between the satirical mastery of Nikolai Gogol and the post-World War II Theatre of the Absurd.
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Video&photo: Alexander Ivanishin
Language: Russian
Translation: English subtitles
Running time: 2 hours 49 minutes
Creative Team
Stage adaptation and direction: Sergey Zhenovach
Set design: Alexander Borovsky
Lighting design: Damir Ismagilov
Composer: Grigory Gobernik
Cast
Podsekalnikov – Vyacheslav Evlantiev
Maria, wife – Evgenia Gromova
Serafima, mother-in-law – Anastasia Imamova
Kalabushkin – Alexey Vertkov
Peryesvetova – Maria Shashlova
Grand-Skubik – Grigory Sluzhitel
Yegor Timofeevich – Sergey Kachanov
Pugachov, a butcher – Igor Lizengevich
Viktor, a writer – Alexander Proshin
Father Yelpidy, a priest – Sergey Abroskin
Cleopatra Maksimovna – Olga Kalashnikova
Raisa Filippovna – Tatiana Volkova
Old woman – Polina Pushkaruk
Oleg Leonidovich – Ivan Yankovsky
Young man – Gleb Puskepalis
Milliner – Katerina Vasilyeva
Waiters – Nodar Siradze, Alexander Suvorov
Tuba Band led by Victor Kozlov