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Anton Chekhov’s first of four major plays dramatizes the romantic and artistic conflicts between its four main characters: Boris Trigorin, a well-known writer, the ingenue Nina, the fading actress Irina Arkadina, and her son the would-be playwright Konstantin Tréplev. Yury Butusov's Golden Mask Award-winning production abounds in an incredible freedom and openness, delving deep into the throes of artistic creation and the anguish of the artist who struggles to find a language of his own. This is not only a performance about the theatre, it is an anthology of the theatre. Chekhov’s characters are in the process of creating their lives or watching them fall apart, which, according to Butusov, may be a closely related activity.
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Anton Chekhov’s first of four major plays dramatizes the romantic and artistic conflicts between its four main characters: Boris Trigorin, a well-known writer, the ingenue Nina, the fading actress Irina Arkadina, and her son the would-be playwright Konstantin Tréplev. Yury Butusov's Golden Mask Award-winning production abounds in an incredible freedom and openness, delving deep into the throes of artistic creation and the anguish of the artist who struggles to find a language of his own. This is not only a performance about the theatre, it is an anthology of the theatre. Chekhov’s characters are in the process of creating their lives or watching them fall apart, which, according to Butusov, may be a closely related activity.
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Genre:Drama, Comedy
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Runtime:215 minutes
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Yury Butusov
Director
Polina Raykina
Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina
Denis Sukhanov
Boris Alekseevich Trigorin
Timofey Tribuntcev
Konstantin Gavrilovich Treplev
Vladimir Bolshov
Petr Nikolaevich Sorin
Agrippina Steklova
Nina Zarechnaya
Anton Kuznetcov
Ilya Afanasyevich Shamraev
Lika Nifontova
Polina Andreevna
Maryana Spivak
Masha
Artyom Osipov
Evgeniy Sergeevich Dorn
Anton Kuznecov
Semen Semenovich Medvedenko
Marina Drovosekova
Dancing girl
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