Red Cavalry (1966)
In 1966 Ruben Simonov produced “Red Cavalry” based on the stories by I. babel and poems by V. Mayakovsky. Having heard about the performance, former cavalrymen sent an angry letter to the theatre, Babel’s book was called slanderous. But the performance left the old disputes aside. It was different. All his elegance, romanticism, poetry Simonov put in this elevated, touching and joyful performance. The tone to everything was given by the famous “Budenny’s March”. The characters were simple-minded, vigorous and irreconcilable like kids. Theatrical charm and whirlwind rhythm of the performance were so contagious that the final scene always went on to an ovation.
Main Stage
Premiere was on 9 May 1966
Characters & Cast:
V.V.Mayakovskiy |
Vasiliy Lanovoy |
Konstantin Gulevoy, head of the regiment |
Mikhail Ulyanov |
Berzin, regiment comissar |
Harry Dunts |
Afanasy Khlebnikov, head of the squardon |
Yury Yakovlev |
Maria, propagandist of the political sector |
Yulia Borisova Lyudmila Maksakova |
Leykin, scribe |
Anatoly Katsynsky |
Fighters of the Red Army | |
Levka Kozin | Vyacheslav Shalevich |
Stepan Vytyagaichenko | Nikolai Gritsenko |
Nikita Balmashov | Grigory Abrikosov |
Vasiliy Kurdukov | Yuri Volintsev |
Kum Mironych | Vladimir Pokrovsky |
Mikhail Sidorov | Mikhail Vorontsov |
Apolek Decorator |
Eugeny Fedorov |
Nastya, Cossack |
Eleonora Shashkova |
Pan Nikitskiy |
Leonid Shikhmatov Nadir Malishevskiy |
Timofey Jurdukov Whiteguard |
Andrey Abrikosov |
Colonel Tuzenkevich (aka “priest”) |
Nikolay Timofeev |
Whiteguard officer |
Vladimir Kolchin |
Elisa, housekeeper |
Alla Parfanyak |
Woman with a child |
Larisa Pashkova |
Sack woman |
Mariya Sinelnikova |
1st man |
Nikolai Lebedev |
2nd man |
Alexander Lebedev |
A young woman |
Galina Konovalova |
Refugees |
Anna Danilovich Valentina Dancheva Konstantin Monov Darya Peshkova Semyon Khmara |
Wandered |
Alexander Kashperov |
Handicapped |
Ivan Kashirin |
Man in a woman’s shirt |
Aleksey Kotrelyov |
Homeless children |
Inna Alabina Nadezhda Generalova |
Crew:
Production |
Ruben Simonov |
Decorator |
Enar Stenberg |
Conductor |
Rostislav Arkhangelskiy |
Composer |
Dmitriy Pokrass |