Much Ado About Nothing (1936)
The first performance of the season 1936 — 1937.
It was a concerntration of what was called “ the Vakhtangov principle” in its easy, lively, comedic ironic aspect.
Main Stage
Premiere was on 7 October 1936
Characters & Cast:
Don Pedro, prince of Aragona |
Nikolay Bubnov |
Don Juan his another brother |
Mikhail Sidorkin |
Don Pedro’s circle | |
Claudio | Dmitry Dorliak |
Benedict | Ruben Simonov |
Don Juan's circle | |
Borakhio | Nikolay Khoschanov |
Konrad | Nikolay Mozyaykin |
Leonato, Messina’s governor |
Mikhail Derzhavin |
Antonio his brother |
Andrey Tutyshkin |
Gero, Leonato’s daughter |
Valentina Vagrina |
Beatrice, his niece |
Tsetsiliya Mansurova |
The Maids Gero | |
Margarita | Valentina Dancheva Elena Berseneva |
Ursyla | Anna Danilovich Alla Sevastyanova |
The maids in the house Leonato |
Nina Nikitina Galina Konovalova G. Kaptereva |
Polise | |
Сranberry | Boris Shuhmin Ivan Solovyev |
Kissel | Viktor Koltsov Eugeniy Maximov |
Guard |
Grigory Merlinsky Rafik Ekimov |
Recorder |
Eugeniy Maximov |
Baltazar, singer from Don Pedro’s retinue |
Aleksey Emelyanov |
Father Francisc, monk |
Ivan Lobashkov |
Messenger |
Vladimir Osenev |
Officers |
Mikhail Kabalov A. Rozinsky |
1st boy |
Nadezhda Generalova |
2nd boy |
Nina Zorina |
Crew:
Production |
Joseph Rapoport |
Stage director |
Mariya Sinelnikova |
General artistic directing |
Boris Zakhava |
Decorator |
Vadim Ryndin |
Music |
Tikhon Khrennikov |