Israeli theater "Gesher" showed in Moscow the play "Dibbuk"

MOSCOW. Theater named after Mayakovsky lost his stage to the famous Israeli Gesher Theater for three evenings. From September 18, the capital’s audience could see the play “Dibbuk” - the directorial work of Eugene Arie, well-known in the theater world. Before his departure to Israel, the director worked in the theater. Mayakovsky.

The production of Eugene Arie in the Sovremennik Theater is the play Enemies. Love Story, ”was awarded two prizes at once. For this performance, the director was awarded the Golden Mask and the Stanislavsky Prize. In Israel, Arya was named “Director of the Year” four times - the title is awarded by the Israel Theater Academy, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem awarded Eugene Arie the title “Honorary Doctor”.

The Gesher Theater )"Bridge") was created in 1991 by a group of students Eugene Arie, who left for Israel with the director. The first performance of the theater was in Russian, however, Stoppard’s production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern is dead, the text of which was translated by Joseph Brodsky, immediately became a sensation of the season.

A year later, Hebrew sounded from the Gesher scene. For several years, the artists presented the performances in two versions - each work was staged in Russian and Hebrew. Now the entire repertoire of the theater is played in Hebrew, but each performance is accompanied by subtitles in Russian. Theater-goers from the capital also heard Hebrew from the stage.

The play "Dibbuk", which was staged by Vakhtangov, has long turned into a legend. Her plot was used in her works by many famous directors. Muscovites saw a new version of the play created by playwright Roy Hyun specifically for Gesher. In Israel, the premiere of Dibbuk took place this year. Now, the mystical story of love and death performed by Israeli artists was also able to see the residents of the capital.

Ludmila Trautmane © Gallerix.ru