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                                              OH, THE WORLD WHERE INSTEAD OF RAMP LIGHTS
                                              ABOVE US ARE ARCHES OF RAINBOWS,
                                              WHERE THE MOON SHINES INSTEAD OF LAMPS!
                                              BUT WE PLAY WEAKLY,
                    a third reading option: the   OH, HOW WOULD WE AT LEAST NOT CONFUSE THE ROLE…
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                    whole world of the town in
          which the action takes place is an endless   (JULIUS KIM)
          freak show, there are tyrants, psychopaths
          (Wild), just clinical idiots ‑ Kuligin; finally,   even say too carefully. How can the same   role will be played in such a way that even
          a real maniac, in the medical sense of the   text be repeated several times in a row with   the famous skeptic Stanislavsky will shout: "I
          word, is Tikhon, who, depressed by a tough   completely different meanings? Yes, this is   believe!"
          mother Kabanikha, drowns Katerina in a   possible in an experimental theater.
          Jacuzzi; and Boris is a stupid blogger who                              Rodionova has her favorites, non‑
          launches an SMS marathon to save the soul   About 10 years ago, the renaissance   professional actors, but in this magical
          of the innocently murdered Katerina. I must   of theater began in the world, along with   cocktail they bloom in a way that probably
          say that Katerina herself in this version is far   the incredible activity of professionals,   would not have blossomed anywhere else
          from the leafy image of a ray of light. A silly   many amateur troupes appeared, and the   — that's for sure, but the images they created
          woman suffering from a split personality   level of these troupes is very high, critics   are also unique. They are a single prototype,
          and experiencing a serious lack of sex.   note. A professional actor is universal —   not a serial product.
          In general, it makes sense. What can you   he is obliged to play anyone: Baba Yaga,
          expect from an infantile alcoholic Tikhon…  Hamlet, Lieutenant Rzhevsky, Aibolit,   We can say that our Alanya was lucky.
                                             Trigorin… But an amateur actor, if the role is   Veronika is coming to Turkey in March and
            Not a word of shit! Everyone speaks   close to him, if he has lived something like   is ready to give several masterclasses for
          the language of Ostrovsky. The play is not   this in his life, may even be more convincing   the creative elite of Antalya province. If you
          abridged, not "finished" (now you can see   than a professional. Yes, it is not a universal   have time, take a look at the city theater.
          this. I remember once about 8 years ago I   product. Perhaps he can only play one   Who would have thought that Brecht and
          saw Pushkin's "Little Tragedies" in the editorial   Othello at all, and that's all, nothing else,   Moliere were being staged in distant Turkey?
          office of Mark Rozovsky. "People Hawal").  he will not be reincarnated in Peter Pigva   And this is so. Perhaps Bulgakov or Chekhov
                                             never, but he lived Othello, he learned all   will be put here soon. By the way, Chekhov
            No, there is no such thing. Veronika   the nuances of this role ‑ that's just how life   is second after Shakespeare in popularity
          carefully works with the author. I would   turned out. Things happen. But this single   among the directors.

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