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 |
