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 VytyagaichenkoNikolai Gritsenko
Nikita BalmashovGrigory Abrikosov
Vasiliy KurdukovYuri Volintsev
Kum MironychVladimir Pokrovsky
Mikhail SidorovMikhail 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