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Woe From Wit
Theatrical Company "814". 1998 - 2000
The play by A. Griboyedov
Produced by Oleg Menshikov
Directed by Galina Dubovskaya
Scenery and costumes by Pavel Kaplevitch
The costume collection (ball) by Igor Chapurin
Music by Valery Gavrilin
Cast:
Alexander Andreevich Chatsky - Oleg Menshikov
Pavel Afanasiyevich Famusov - Igor Okhlupin
Sofia Pavlovna - Olga Kuzina
Liza - Poleena Agureeva
Alexey Stepanovich Molchalin - Alexey Zavialov
Colonel Skalozub - Sergey Pinchuk
Khlyostova -Ekaterina Vasilieva
Repetilov - Sergey Migitsko
Zagoretsky - Marat Basharov
The performance pleases with energetic pace, tense rhythm, and real theatricality. There's no place
for boredom. The actors - mostly rather young - play with undisguised excitement, as if it was a
graduation performance. Griboyedov's text sounds surprisingly contemporary, though the staging
allows no familiarity with the author. All the performers support the director's and the playwright's
idea, regardless the size of their parts. I can't agree with those who think "Woe From Wit" to be
Menshikov's monoperformance. Certainly he is an outstanding actor, but it's not his fault, it's our
common pleasure.
"How Can You Be Against Us All!" Boris Poyurovsky, "Vachernyaya Moskva", No. 267, November 26, 1998
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