The premiere of "The Cherry Orchard" directed by Sergei Bezrukov

MOSCOW. The Moscow Provincial Theater on Thursday, November 30, invited media representatives and close friends of the troupe to a press screening of the Cherry Orchard performance. The production of Chekhov’s play was led by Sergei Bezrukov. Work on the play began with rehearsals held in Lyubimovka, where there is a manor owned by Konstantin Stanislavsky.

It was in Lyubimovka that Chekhov was visiting when he got the idea of the plot of this play. Rehearsals at the Stanislavsky estate were the first stage in the creation of the performance, the result of which was a sketch of the Cherry Orchard, shown by the artists of the Provincial Theater on the opening day of the Stanislavsky Season festival.

It was presented to the guests of the theater forum under the name “Cherry Quest”. Now the sketch has turned into a full-fledged performance of the Cherry Orchard, whose official premiere is scheduled for December 2. According to Sergei Bezrukov, the play has not lost its relevance, although more than a century has passed since its inception.

In the stage reading of the head of MGT, Lopakhin’s personal drama came to the fore. The story of the loss of the cherry garden in the version of Sergey Bezrukov turned into a story of hopeless long-term love of the main character of the play for Ranevskaya. However, in the play, the eternal Chekhov theme of the loss of the values of the past still clearly and piercingly sounds.

Sergei Bezrukov sees in Lopakhin a man led in life not by a passion for profit, but by a huge love for a woman, the worthy of whom he strove to become. Lopakhin cannot continue to live as long as in his heart there is love for Ranevskaya, who has no future. In the role of Lopakhin, Anton Khabarov, who is part of the leading artists of the MGT, appeared on the stage.

The performance is accompanied by a completely visible image of the cherry orchard - blooming, withering and disappearing in the finale.

Ludmila Trautmane © Gallerix.ru