Human Comedy (1934)
The performance “The Human Comedy” connected the stories of three famous Balzac’s characters: Lucien, Rastignac and Vautrin. Artist I. Rabinovich recreated in a masterly fashion the image of Paris at night with shadowy houses in the fog and splashy Seine, or a multilevel theatre with applauding spectators.
The performance was beautiful, and beautiful were its characters: slender, dark-eyed Lucien — D. Dorliak, tender, gold-haired countess — V. Vagrina and elegant Rastignac— V. Kuza.
Watching pitifully the beauty of the aristocratic world go, the performance told about the families decay and triumph of talented adventurers and former criminals.
Main Stage
Premiere was on 1 April 1934
Characters & Cast:
Younf men from Anguleme | |
Eugen de Rastignac | Vasily Kuza |
Lucien Shardo | Dmitry Dorliak |
Jaque Kotlene (Votrene and abbot Herrer) |
Oswald Glazunov |
Baronet Nusegeant, |
Anatoliy Goryunov |
Delfine his wife |
Nina Rusinova Tsetsiliya Mansurova |
Duke de Sholier, king’s secretary |
Ruben Simonov Joseph Rapoport |
Duke de Serisie, head of the State comittee |
Viktor Koltsov Nikolay Bubnov |
Leontina, his wife |
Tsetsiliya Mansurova |
Vicontesse de Bosian |
Anna Orochko Valeriya Tumskaya |
Duke de Granville, general prosecutor |
Boris Zakhava |
Гондюро, |
Alexander Khmara |
Comuso, investigator |
Konstantin Mironov Boris Korolyov |
Lucien’s friends | |
Daniel d’Artes | Anatoly Nal |
Michael Chrestien | Vladimir Pokrovsky |
Journalists | |
Fino | Arkady Maryin |
Lusto | Mikhail Sidorkin Nikolay Mozyaykin |
Vinion | Igor Lipsky |
Korali, actress, Lucien’s lover |
Alexandra Remizova |
Veronika her servant |
Tatyna Shukhmina |
М-le Voke, owner of the pansion |
Mariya Nekrasova Anna Zaporozhets |
Voke inhabitants | |
Viktorina Taifler | Kseniya Yasyuninskaya |
M-me Coutur | Natalya Mass |
Mishano | Elizaveta Lyaudanskaya |
Puare | Grigory Merlinsky |
Former medical student | Nikolai Lebedev |
Leonardo, Decorator |
Viktor Eykhov Nikolai Gladkov |
Kristoffe, Voke’s servant |
Ivan Kashirin |
Theatre director |
Boris Shuhmin G. Ternov |
Actress | |
Florville | Elena Berseneva Elena Menshova |
Florina | Alla Sevastyanova |
Director’s Wife |
Vera Golovina |
Jaquelin Colen, Votrene’s aunt |
Vera Lvova Tatyana Kishkina |
Prince of Orlean |
Andrey Tutyshkin |
Marquis Ahudo Pinto |
Boris Lebedev |
Godfrua, Rastignac’s friend |
Mikhail Kabalov |
Go, head of the Consierge prison |
Aleksey Emelyanov |
Lashapel, court executor |
Anatoly Pavlikhin |
Josef, Rastignac’s Servant-groom |
Anatoliy Borisov |
Teilfer’s Servant |
Nikolay Smirnov |
Nusenjean’s Servant |
A. Gusev |
Brolar, the main clapper |
Alexey Panteleev |
Crew:
Production |
Alexander Kozlovskiy Boris Schukin |
Decorator |
Isaak Rabinovich |
Conductor |
Boris Sokolov |
Music Dmitriy Shostakovich |
Dmitriy Shostakovich |