The first performance of the play Money. Passion. Power has been held in Voronezh. The K. Stanislavski State Russian drama Theatre from Armenia staged a modernized version of Ivan Goncharov’s novel An Ordinary Story. All the tickets were sold out, and the show gathered a lot of enthusiastic responses from the audience.
This is a new interpretation of a classic novel, telling a story of a young provincial man who comes to the capital and finds himself in a world where money values most and passions destroy dreams. He tries to preserve his ideals but finds himself caught up in a cynical game of greed and power.
Suren Shakhverdyan, director: ‘The topic is always relevant and we have made it even more acute. It’s a dramatization based on a novel. We have changed a lot of things. But the issues that Goncharov raises are still present in the play. We have added other relevant issues from ecology to power, from peace to money.’ The director noted that one of the main themes of the play is permissiveness. ‘My main message is that we are always under God’s control. If not us, then our descendants will be responsible. So when we act and take some steps, we need to think very hard: are we harming someone, will someone suffer because of our actions or not?’
Shows of the play Money. Passion. Power will be held at the Platonov Festival as part of the Regional Programme of the Chekhov International Theatre Festival.
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