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A production of Harry Gulby’s play ‘Oliver’ is being staged at the Ogre Theater

On April 2, the Ogre Theater will premiere the play “Oliver” by the popular Latvian playwright Harry Gulbis – a two-act philosophical melodrama directed by Jānis Kaijak, the theater manager informed the portal “Delfi”.

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The seller of a bookstore in a provincial town accidentally wins 10,000 rubles in a lottery. Now Inese can fulfill her dream and buy a bookcase. But the long-hauled closet has to be brought to the apartment and folded, and then a neighbor who would like to build a closer relationship offers help. There has already been one unhappy love in Inese’s life, and she no longer believes in miracles. However, a man named Oliver has referred to a marriage announcement once made in the newspaper. Their correspondence has continued throughout the summer, and the letters have brought them unexpectedly closer. Now, in the fall, Oliver has arrived to meet him…

Harry Gulbis (1926-2019) is one of the most important Soviet-era playwrights of his generation, who has enjoyed well-deserved fame and popularity. His plays became events, and their productions lived a long stage life. Also, as generations change, time changes, theaters return to his plays again and again to look at them with today’s eyes.

Ogre Theater The audience has long owed Latvian drama production. After exploring England, Norway and France, we are home again. And let ‘s believe that no foreign author, no matter how ingenious it may be, can look into the part of the human soul that belongs only to us Latvians, “the director Jānis Kaijaks comments on the idea of ​​the show.

Cast: Ernests Greizis, Anita Saukane, Sandis Krapāns, Inta Bērziņa. Creative team: director – Jānis Kaijaks, artist – Ilze Kupča-Ziemele, light and sound operators – Mārtiņš Andersons, Herberts Legants, creative director Ieva Rodiņa, etc. Upcoming performances: April 2 at 18:00 and April 10 at 18:00 in the room of Ogre Theater.

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