foreign actors put up a monument to Chekhov's heroine without hands
Head of the European Association of theatrical culture and international theatrical center in Berlin AktZent Yuri Al'shits invented an unusual way to mark the 150 anniversary of Chekhov, which falls on January 29, 2010. He invited the actors to go on the path of Nina Zarechnoj - Character "Seagull" - and go to Elec, where Chekhov's heroine goes to the end of the play. Consent to participate in the rally gave 50 people from 10 countries, wrote "Newspapers" (GZT.RU).
Planned Al'shits, actors will have to meet Jan. 27 at the Paveletsky railway station in Moscow and to go to the general car Elec (Mira was traveling in third-class carriage). Even there, they should "start to recall Chekhov, treating passengers wild garlic, and chehartmoy epihodovskim 'kvass with cockroaches' referred to in Chekhov's plays, thinking and reading the letters that Nina could write Treplev of Yelets," the paper says.
In the following two days of celebrations planned for the anniversary of Chekhov, including presentation of excerpts from plays and installation of tiles for the future of the monument Nina Zarechnoj. Each of the actors will have to bring stone by stone, which will put in the foundation of the future monument. He, according Al'shits, will become a monument of acting profession.
According to "Gazeta", to such a vision of Chekhov's anniversary skeptical Yelets power. They did not accept the version of the great actor's improvisation, and officials are required to draw up an action plan. They offered to postpone anniversary at a later date, but the actors still intend to go. However, because of difficulties with invitations from the administration, which came not to all the participants, many had to contact the travel agency to obtain a visa.
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