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The Suicide

2018

Sergey Zhenovach's staging of Nikolai Erdman's banned Soviet-era comedy centres around a young, unemployed man desperate enough to contemplate ending it all. This production was captured by Stage Russia HD at the Theatre Art Studio in Moscow.

The play, originally written in 1928 and unproduced until 1990, forms a link in Russian literary history between the satirical mastery of Nikolai Gogol and the post-World War II Theatre of the Absurd.

Contains adult content.

Directed by

Sergey Zhenovach

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Reviews

John Freedman, Moscow Times

"Zhenovach's interpretation of Erdman's tale about a despairing, unemployed man who nearly commits suicide against his will has something truly valuable. It has a deeply human touch. It is tender and intimate."

Cast & creative team

Characters

Podsekalnikov

Vyacheslav Yevlantev
Maria - his wife

Yevgenia Gromova
Serafima - his mother-in-law

Anastasia Inamova
Kalabushkin - his neighbour

Alexey Vertkov

Team

Sergey Zhenovach

Director
Alexander Borovsky

Set Designer
Damir Ismagilov

Lighting Designer
Grigory Gobernik

Composer
John Freedman

English Translation

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