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The play "Chekhov's Women" based on the stories of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ended the experimental advanced training course under the program "The skill of an actor in a drama theater in the process of creating a performance" (supervisor - Yakov Lomkin). To participate in the performance, he selected graduates from five streams of the Faculty of Additional Education. Among the guests of honor at the premiere was People's Artist of Russia Roman Kartsev, who recently spoke to these students and managed to fall in love with them.
By the end of the 19th century, the "women's theme" became one of the most relevant in Russian literature. In a letter to I.L. Leontiev-Shcheglov January 22, 1888, the writer ironically expresses his "credo": "Without a woman, a story is like a car without steam. I can't live without women!!!" Chekhov created many stories about women - "ladies", "wives", "young ladies", "institutes", "mysterious natures", "pink stockings" and, on the other hand, about girls looking for ways to a new life, while believed that "women should be described in such a way that the reader feels that you are in an unbuttoned waistcoat and without a tie." And already in his early work, Chekhov expresses his idea of the need to de-romanticize the image of a woman in literature, bringing it closer to the realities of everyday existence, in which domestic, family, love and social relationships that affect women develop.
Of the nine stories (“Temperaments”, “Which of the three?”, “Smear”, “Mysterious nature”, “A woman without prejudice”, “Mother-in-law lawyer”, “Vacation resident”, “Words, words, words”, “How do I entered into a legal marriage”), the director of the play, Yakov Lomkin, built a harmonious composition. Each story is solved in its own way: for example, “Scum”, in which the hostess performs a sophisticated psychological experiment on a maid, takes us to a Japanese living room, and the final story “On How I Entered into a Legal Marriage” resembles a noisy Jewish place where mothers they know exactly what will make their adult children happy. Several characters-types (a curious old woman, an old maid, who, however, turns out to be pregnant by the end, cheerful ratchet girlfriends) pass from story to story, as if from floor to floor of a huge house inhabited by ridiculous and funny people who create the same strange and ridiculous unions, each of which is known to be unhappy in its own way. Numerous and colorful female extras make us recall the structure of the ancient theater with heroes and the Choir.
The teachers of the Higher School of Performing Arts put their efforts into the creation of the performance. Renat Mamin (in a creative alliance with concertmaster Olga Sidorova) worked on the plastic embodiment of stage images. Sergey Sotnikov perfected the stage speech of the actors. Professor Dmitry Trubochkin gave a special course on the role of Chekhov in the development of the theater and the fate of his works in domestic and world stage art. Maria Maksimova helped develop and embody stage images in make-up. In addition, students visited the house-museum of A.P. Chekhov in Moscow, as well as the State Literary and Memorial Museum-Reserve of A.P. Chekhov "Melikhovo".
The performance would not have turned out so elegant and impressive without the work of set designers Maria Khilenko, Anna Titova and Alla Gavrilova, lighting designers Margarita Sinyukova and Alexander Brikman, and sound engineer Elizaveta Lebedeva.
The final attestation commission was headed by the artistic director of the Higher School of Performing Arts Konstantin Raikin. He noted that the performance has both professional problems and talented, lively places and expressed his desire that work on the performance continue.
Maria Kulikovskaya reviews: 41 ratings: 41 rating: 14
When I went to this performance, I did not expect much, because I understood that graduates of the Raikin school were involved in it. I also understood that Yakov Lomkiy was a master, but not a magician. However, I was very surprised by what I saw! Apparently, Jacob is still a wizard. This show is such a treat! To be honest, this is many times cooler than "Pokrovsky Gates", both in terms of the game, and in terms of the overall impression, and in terms of the integrity of the production. Yes, yes, integrity! Despite the fact that this is a collection of Chekhov's stories. So harmoniously they are connected, intertwined, that they create a single story. The impression is really colossal! Mainly, of course, from the work of the director. Very beautiful, spectacular, but soulful, like a classic, but it sounds modern. In general, everything is as Yakov knows how: mix everything, shake it up a little and give an unusually cool result for 5+! I was much more surprised by the performance of some actresses - they deserve separate applause! And in general, everyone is very well revealed in their roles, everything is in its place. But most importantly, this performance has become a delight for my heart yearned for the game of Yakov. The main value, the main happiness, the main color of this performance! How good he is! What an ornament each of his images! Especially Shtral! Gorgeous! A playing director or a stage actor ... No matter how Yakov calls himself, "a rose smells like a rose, even call it a rose, at least not" (c). Oh, more often!... The combination of these two creative aspects of his personality is wonderful and precious! I really want to see this performance again, at least once, in the same cast!
Svetlana Orlova
Thank you very much for the performance "Chekhov's Women"! On May 29, the last performance of this wonderful performance in this half-year took place. The artists involved in this performance are artists with thousands of faces! They are not only highly professional, they are inimitable and unique! They can be funny and ridiculous, funny and touching, lyrical and tragic. There are no stars in it - and everyone is a star. The same actors participate in different "pieces" of the performance, demonstrating the most diverse aspects of their talent. The performance impresses with its well-coordinated, polished ensemble play, which, nevertheless, does not “extinguish” the acting individuality of any of its participants. While playing, the actors infect each other with their temperament, looseness, the happiness of the very existence on the stage. All artists confidently control their body and voice, using the means of expressiveness of the areal theater, the traditions of clowning and buffoonery.
Creativity A.P. Chekhov (and, above all, the early A.P. Chekhov) can most accurately (in my opinion) be interpreted by the artistic means of this very theater: the theater of masks and carnival. A.P. Chekhov, as you know, created many stories about women whom he knew perfectly well. Chekhov's women are also creative people who choose all the risks and dangers of a free existence (Nina Zarechnaya); and vulnerable, subtle souls who are defeated in the battle of life (Miss, Sonya from Uncle Vanya, Marusya from Belated Flowers). But A.P. Chekhov, with great pleasure (and knowledge of the matter), wrote about women who combine a variety of qualities: briskness, sobriety, prudence, and at the same time fear, vulnerability, timidity, dependence are guessed in them ... At the same time, they are no less interesting and no less desire happiness and love. Theater director Y. Lomkin, who created the play "Chekhov's Women" with graduates of the experimental acting course of K. A. Raikin, was interested in this particular type.
Actors perfectly own all the "colors": they can do the grotesque, irony, and poignant lyricism. Gorgeous in the role of "mysterious nature" (the story of the same name by A. Chekhov, 1883) actress Anna Rytova. The sharp, expressive, virtuoso drawing of the role created by her testifies to a bright, outstanding talent. Building the image of her heroine, the actress uses eccentric, even farcical tricks. Her acting talent was created right for such a colorful, "spectacular", "carnival" theater. But at the same time, it is obvious that deep dramatic roles are subject to her: this actress does not feel the “ceiling”. Her partner, Bagrat Melkumyan, is remembered, instantly reacting to every remark of his interlocutor with magnificent pantomime. The heroine of the story A.P. Chekhov "Which of the three?" (1882) Nadia, played by Veronika Gurdus, is both prudent and ingenuous, cunning and naive. It is interesting to watch how she leads her party, trying to keep both a possible groom and a lazy lover next to her. In her, one can guess both a careless girl who does not dare to part with her youth, and a nascent woman who is just beginning to comprehend all the drama of existence in this world. Really, the tongue does not turn to call her cynical!
The story of A.P. is solved in a completely different way. Chekhov's "Dachnitsa" (1884), which is "performed" by an "ensemble" of two people - Maria Kovalskaya and Zarina Mukhitdinova. Both actresses perfectly lead their parts (complex both plastically and psychologically) - with poignant lyricism, with the finest nuances. Very accurately pronounces the sad, largely hopeless text of A.P. Chekhov M. Kovalskaya. I remember the actress's gaze into the distance, as if trying to see "through the magic crystal" her life, her future.
This is how the performance moves forward, maintaining a balance between lyricism and buffoonery. Actors demonstrate excellent mastery of the entire arsenal of acting means inherent in the theater of masks. They run, jump, somersault, do all kinds of tricks, acrobatic etudes…
There is no doubt that the creators of the play "Chekhov's Women" inherited the theatrical tradition dating back to the theater of masks del arte, the theater of buffoonery and circus clowning, perceived and developed by Vsevolod Meyerhold, Evgeny Vakhtangov, Arkady and Konstantin Raikin. As befits the artists of this theatrical school, they can change masks indefinitely.
But the most interesting thing happens when the soul emerges from under the mask… Do you want to make sure? Come and watch the play "Chekhov's Women"!!!
Elena Nesterova reviews: 1 ratings: 1 rating: 1
I agree with all the positive and bright reviews that were written above, but, as a journalist and critic, I would like to add a few words. Slightly moving away from the performance itself, I would like to divide the modern world of the theater into several positions - spiritual, consumer and pathetic weekend. If you find other words in Russian to define categories - our soul, our reality and our dreams. "Chekhov's women" certainly belong to the first category. This show is a rare miracle! Surprise, admiration, laughter and time that slips through your fingers so quickly. A man, a fusion of two halves, multiplied by the talent of actors and director Yakov Lomkin. Dear theater friends, don't miss this performance. Like pieces of a patchwork quilt, brightly and skillfully, the stories of A.P. Chekhov replace each other. With minimal decorations, the stage exudes incredible energy. Actors, immersed in their roles, give the viewer everything that their warm hearts keep.
Reading Chekhov at school, few people can imagine how modern and sensual his words can sound on the modern stage.
I can advise you, dear readers, to become spectators. And I'm sure you won't regret it.
And one more thing, perhaps the most important. After leaving the theater, in your heart there will remain a particle of the love of actors, love for your audience. And you will want to come back to say - Bravo! So stock up on flowers and a kind attitude towards the great world of the theater in the face of the play "Chekhov's Women".
In the work of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, you can find works on any topic. The Russian classic created in his stories a real encyclopedia of Russian life. In them you can get acquainted with the topics of politics, art, creativity, religion. And, of course, the writer could not help but pay attention to the theme of the relationship between men and women. The performance Chekhov's Women will present to the attention of the guests a staging of several Chekhov's miniatures of the early period of the classic's work. The director of the production, Yakov Lomkin, was able to masterfully convey the comedy and the unique atmosphere of Chekhov's works.
The paintings unfolding on the stage will be of interest to both beautiful ladies and male viewers. After all, at the center of each stage story is a story about a difficult female lot. Everyone knows that many women dream of happiness and eternal love, a handsome prince and a cozy home. And in order to achieve these goals, the heroines of the play are ready to go to great lengths. This gives rise to many exciting situations - funny and a little sad. The ladies appear in all their inimitable charm, vulnerability, extravagance, which gives the performance a special lyricism.
Of course, where we are talking about ladies, men cannot but appear. A number of colorful characters pass before the audience. Some of them are a model of masculine gallantry and good manners, and someone demonstrates not the best side of male nature. In this contradiction, in this eternal misunderstanding of women by men, tragicomic situations are born. Wonderful scenography and a brilliant play of actors turn the production into an unforgettable spectacle. To enjoy the miniatures of the classic, you must definitely buy tickets for the play Chekhov's Women.
