Suicide, The (Erdman/Tegel)
- Full Length Play, Comedy
- 9M, 5F
- ISBN: 9780573616280
A masterpiece...Lights up the sky.
The Guardian
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Comedy
A brilliant and penetrating satire about an unemployed man who contemplates suicide and is besieged by spokespeople of discontented groups, from butchers to intellectuals, who want him to turn his suicide into a gesture on their behalf.
Erdman's genius was recognized by his contemporaries including Brecht, Stanislavsky and Meyerhold. The latter two competed to do The Suicide. Stalin gave permission to present the play only after Gorki pleaded with him, but it was not allowed to open following a year of rehearsal.
REVIEWS:
Erdman's genius was recognized by his contemporaries including Brecht, Stanislavsky and Meyerhold. The latter two competed to do The Suicide. Stalin gave permission to present the play only after Gorki pleaded with him, but it was not allowed to open following a year of rehearsal.
REVIEWS:
A masterpiece...Lights up the sky.
The Guardian
Premiere Production:
The Suicide was first produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company at The Other Place, Stratford, on 13 June 1979.
Characters
- Casting: 9M, 5F
- Casting Attributes: Room for Extras
MARIA LUKIANOVNA - his wife
SERAFIME ILINICHNA - his mother-in-law
ALEXANDER PETROVICH KALABUSHKIN
MARGARITA IVANOVNA PERYESVETOVA
ARISTARCH DOMINIKOVICH GOLASHCHAPOV - a member of the intelligentsia
CLEOPATRA MAXIMOVNA "Kiki"
EGOR TIMOVYEYEVICH - a postman
NIKIFOR ARSENYEVICH - a butcher
VIKTOR VIKTORVICH - a writer
RAISSA FILIPOVNA
FATHER ELPIDI
KOSTYA
OLEG LEONIDOVICH
GYPSIES, CHOIR, A DEACON, ZINKA PADESPAN, GROONYA, A DRESSMAKER, A MILLINER, OLD WOMEN, OLEG LEONIDOVICH and others.
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A brilliant and penetrating satire about an unemployed man who contemplates suicide and is besieged by spokespeople of discontented groups, from butchers to intellectuals, who want him to turn his suicide into a gesture on their behalf. Erdman's genius was recognized by his contemporaries including Brecht, Stanislavsky and Meyerhold. The latter two competed to do The Suicide. Stalin gave permission to present the play only after Gorki pleaded with him, but it was not allowed to open following a year of rehearsal. |
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