Fyodor Dostoevsky BOYS (MALCHIKI)A composition based upon 9 chapters from a novel by F.M. Dostoevsky Chapter 3, Book IV: A Meeting with the Schoolboys; Chapter 6, Book IV: A Laceration in the Cottage; Chapter 7, Book IV: And in the Open Air; Chapter 3, Book X: Schoolboys; Chapter 4, Book X: The Lost Dog; Chapter 5, Book X: By Ilusha’s Bedside; Chapter 6, Book X: Precocity; Chapter 7, Book X: Ilusha; Chapter 3, Epilogue: Ilusha’s Funeral. The Speech at the Stone. |
This performance became one of the main theatrical events to take place in Moscow in 2005. Continual attention was paid to this thesis production both on television and in print. Sergei Zhenovach’s graduating course became the object of discussion and heated debate. Boys depicts one particular narrative line within the novel The Brothers Karamasov. These schoolboys progress from being the merciless tormentors of their peer Ilusha Snegirev to attaining a state of Christian compassion. The premiere was held on 11/11/2004
Performance duration: 2 h. Staged by:
Composition and Staging — Sergei Zhenovach
Direction — Olga Firsova
Scene Design — Maria Utrobina
Lighting Design — Yevgeny Vinogradov. Performed by:
Alexander Koruchekov, Andrei Shibarshin, Sergei Pirniak, Alexei Vertkov, Maria Shashlova, Anna Rud, Tatyana Vasilkina, Tatyana Volkova, Olga Kalashnikova, Miriam Sekhon, Maksim Lyutikov, Alexander Lutoshkin, Grigory Sluzhitel, Tikhon Kotrelev, Alexander Oblasov, Sergei Kachanov, Sergei Abroskin.
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