Open AccessA Child in Soul, an Executioner by Fate? (review on the premiere performance of “The Story of the Seven” based on Leonid Andreev᾿s “The Story of the Seven Who were Hanged”)
Author(s) -
М.В. Михайлова,
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Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
stephanos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2309-9917
DOI - 10.24249/2309-9917-2022-51-1-235-239
Subject(s) - drama , originality , soul , epic , literature , art , literal and figurative language , impulse (physics) , philosophy , law , physics , theology , linguistics , creativity , political science , quantum mechanics
The review is a detailed analysis of the premiere performance “The Story of the Seven”, based on the “The Story of the Seven Who were Hanged” by Leonid Andreev directed by Ivan Komarov on the “Other” Stage of the Sovremennik Theater at the end of 2021. The author of the review focused on the problem of “translating” the epic work into the language of drama. Particular attention is paid to the “key” moments of the prose text, which became an impulse for the director, pushing him to the figurative embodiment of the word. A comparison of the composition of Andreev’s story with the compositional solution of the play is made. It also is pointed to a particular expressionism of the stage performance, which does not coincide with the stylistic of Andreev’s expressionism, which shows the freshness and originality of the director’s and actors’ approach.