Volgograd viewers were reminded about the talents of older generation actresses

VOLGOGRAD. The Volgograd Youth Theater presented the audience a new work by director Vladimir Bondarenko - the play "My Century", which was based on the play of the Frenchwoman Michelle Laurence. The play Vladimir Bondarenko was not chosen by chance, he admitted that he was looking for suitable material for the benefit performance for his mother, actress Vera Semenova, whose name is well known to the whole theater audience of Volgograd.

For many years, Vera Semenova was a leading actress in the collective of the Drama Theater. Gorky. This year, Vera Pavlovna will turn 85 years old. The play for the production was carefully chosen, and, as it became apparent at the premiere of the play, the choice was successful. The play “My Century” made it possible for the audience to see Vera Semenova’s magnificent role as Malu, who marks her centenary in the story of the play, as well as three other wonderful female characters.

Celebrating her birthday, the heroine of Vera Semenova recalls her life lived at an incredible pace, turbulent novels, numerous fans. It seems that the actress does not pronounce the words laid out for the role, but talks about her own joys and sufferings. It is worth noting that the image of Malu is not completely fictional, his life was based on the famous Coco Chanel.

The meeting with another remarkable actress, Zoya Sokolova, pleased the director of the performance of the Volgograd theater-goers. She plays the role of another character of venerable age - the daughter of Malu. All her life she lived under the complete control of her mother. Obedient, slightly tucked up, she suddenly begins to “rebel” on her mother’s anniversary, expressing everything that she experienced over many years of her life.

The Volgograd audience of the older generation received incredible pleasure from the game of famous actresses, and the younger ones from meeting them.

Ludmila Trautmane © Gallerix.ru