Original title: The 8-hour drama “Quiet Don” will come to Beijing
Beijing Daily (Reporter Wang Run) In 2019, it was directed by the famous Russian theater director Grigory Kozlov and performed at the Masterskaya Theater in St. Petersburg. It was adapted from the Soviet writer Mikhail Sholokhov and won the award The 8-hour long dramatic epic “Quiet Don”, the Nobel Prize-winning masterpiece, toured in Harbin, Beijing and Shanghai, causing a sensation. After four years, this amazing work will return to the Chinese stage and be performed at the Capital Theater from November 10th to 12th.
The drama “Quiet Don” is adapted from the novel of the same name written by Soviet writer Mikhail Sholokhov over a period of 14 years. The story depicts the turbulent years from World War I to the end of the Soviet Civil War. The Cossack nation A life that has experienced twists and turns, a tenacious struggle and a great and tragic love story. This is an epic about suffering, but what runs through the play is the wanton youth, wild life and the Cossacks use singing, laughter, shouting, and even fighting to express the pain, injustice, and depressing state of life. He is always using laughter, singing, and dancing to express his unyielding will in the face of painful and desperate situations.
The director of the play, Grigory Kozlov, is the artistic director of the Masterskaya Theater in St. Petersburg, a distinguished artist of the Russian Federation, a national prize winner, and a professor at the St. Petersburg State Academy of Dramatic Art. “Quiet on the Don” is the masterpiece of the Masterkaya Theater and has won numerous awards. These include the highest theater award at the St. Petersburg “Golden Sofitel” Award and the 2014 St. Petersburg Government Award. The four-act 8-hour masterpiece “Quiet on the Don” is amazing, but Grigory Kozlov said: “”Quiet on the Don” was originally 24 hours, including the actors’ intermission time. Now the 8-hour version is already the best part.”
All the actors in the play are students of Grigory Kozlov. They were trained from the first grade until graduation in the fifth grade. Their acting skills are extremely solid and they can be regarded as outstanding representatives of the textbook-level Stani acting system. It is reported that Gregory attaches great importance to the physical training and training of students when selecting actors and teaching, which is why these actors can easily handle an 8-hour drama marathon. The actors said that they were 17 or 18 years old when they first rehearsed “Quiet Don”, and they felt that the era and story in the original work were very long ago. With successive rehearsals and performances, and the director leading them to get closer to the real Communicate with the Cossack ethnic group, learn dance and music, and learn a lot about their way of life. And every time they perform, the actors will discover new things and continue to improve and grow.
When the play was performed for the first time in China in 2019 as a specially invited play at the First Drive Drama Invitational Exhibition, it attracted theater fans from all over the country, and industry insiders also spoke highly of the play. In order to ensure the physical strength of the actors and the performance effect of the audience, special arrangements have been made for the performance of “Quiet Don” in Beijing. The first part will be performed from 18:00-22:30 on November 10, and the first part will be performed at 14:00-17 on the 11th. : The lower part will be performed at 30; the upper part will be performed from 13:00-17:30 on the 12th, and the lower part will be performed from 19:00-22:30.
