The premiere of the performance "The soul must be sighted" based on the Leon Agulansky play "Grandmother's dream" took place on the stage of the Smolensk Drama Theater named after A.S. Griboyedov. The history of what is more important in everyone's life: money or love? family or complacency? rapport or benefit?
Genesis
A great friend of the Smolensk Drama, Israeli playwright Leon Agulansky (known for a solo performance "Conductor" and participation in the "Smolensk Ark" Festival) incubated the idea of the play about two years. It should ideally suit for the People's Artist of Russia, Smolensk Drama actress Lyudmila Sichkareva. "Draft" was written in Baden Baden. It took him a week to …show more content…
Whereat theater troupe, headed by the chief director of the theater, Honored Artist of the Republic of Belarus Vitaly Barkovskiy, started: multiple "readings in the vote" took place during the rehearsals and the actors were selected for the roles.
In fact the original name of the play "Grandma's Dream" was revised: as "Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Uncle's Dream" already existed in the repertory, a phrase from the text titled the play - "The soul must be sighted". The premiere of the play took place on November, 6.
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What`s the rush?! "- luckless family is trying to learn, but there is no clear answer. They begin to consider different reasons. If there is a large inheritance, how to get it. And if Martha invested in some business and burnt, who will take over the obligation to pay debts? Trying to learn the truth, they harass themselves, build cynical plans and find out in different ways the cause of their mother's invitation.
Soon Martha confirms their worst fears: she took the saving for years amount off the bank and doesn`t remember where has tucked it. Relatives rush to the pursuit of money.
Parallel to this, forgotten love stories floated up: Goga and beautiful Gala, the wife of Goga`s elder brother, as well as volleyball champion and Martha`s governess affection to her former coach, a husband of eldest Martha`s daughter. It seems that the heroes of the play get a second chance - to proceed their lives with loved ones, they haven`t forget yet. Are they willing to make the drastic step? Or it's worth to return to a spouse? ..
All reflections are interrupted by "terrible" discovery: it turns out that Mom passed through a shredder all her money. Thin strips are in the trash. So, "finita la