Lear (2003)

“Lear” put on stage by the stage director V. Mirzoev is not about distribution of the British Kingdom, nor it is about power and intrigues around it. This performance is about persons, their weak points, passions, pains and vanity of everything worldly. Only death exposes them and heroes find themselves at last. At the end of the performance the participants of the life drama will discover the truth in tragic enlightenment.

Main Stage

Premiere was on 3 September 2003

Characters & Cast:

Lear,
King of Britain
Maksim Sukhanov
Fool Viktor Sukhorukov
French King Maksim Bramatkin
Duke of Burghundia Aleksandr Pushkin
Duke of Alban Oleg Lopuhov
Duke of Cornwell Alexander Koznov
Earl Kent Dmitry Ulyanov
Earl Glochester Yury Shlykov
Edgar,
his son
Yriy Chursin
Edmond,
another son
Aleksandr Prudnicov
Kuran,
courtier
Anatoliy Menshchikov
Osvald,
Goneriglia’s valet
Aleksey Zavialov
Sergey Epishev
Goneriglia Yulia Rutberg
Regana Marina Esipenko
Cordelia Olga Lomonosova
Samael,
angel of death
Galina Konovalova
Messengers Nina Nehlopchenko
Eugeny Fedorov

Crew:

Stage director Vladimir Mirzoev
Lighting Anatoliy Kuznetsov
Scenography and costumes Alla Kozhenkova
Decorators and makeup Olga Kalyavina
Ivan Sokolov
Translation Boris Pasternak
Music Aleksey Schelygin
Musiciants Vladimir Sveshnikov
Viktor Kormakov