Leo Tolstoy

|And the light is shining from the dark…|

Drama in four acts

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Opening night: October 5, 1999
Running time: 2 h 50 m, with one intermission
Ticket price range: 0 rub.
The public have never seen this play before its stagement at the Art Theatre. That's why the premier was a great event in the theatre life.
The story of a man, who turned to God and who started to see clearly after many years of sincere blindness and debauch, had drawn attention of spectators.
Director
Set designer
Eduard Kochergin
Composer
Characters & Cast
Maria Ivanovna Sarintsova
his wife
Nataliya Egorova
Vanya
Missi
Misha
,
Vitya
,
Alexandra Ivanovna Kakhovskaya
Maria Ivanovna's sister
Olga Barnet
Petr Semenovich Kakhovsky
her husdand
Viatcheslav Zholobov
Princess (Knyaginya) Cheremshanova
Nina Gulyaeva
Boris
her son
Tonya
her dauther
Alena Khovanskaya
Nanny
Mitrofan Ermilovich
a teacher
Eduard Chekmazov, Andrey Finiagin
Vasily Nikanorovich
a young priest
Konstantin Chepurin
Father Gerasim
a priest
Viacheslav Nevinny
Starkovsky
Luba's fiance
Alexander Arsent'ev
General's adjutant
Viacheslav Nevinny
Regimental chancellery clerk
I. Artashonov
Regimental priest
Valery Troshin
Mental hospital doctor
Sick officer
Eduard Chekmazov, Andrey Finiagin
Afanasy
an old lackey
Andrey Davydov
Ballroom pianist
Roman Kirillov
Countess
Kira Golovko
Alexandre Petrovich
Victor Kulukhin
Escort, hospital attendant
Pavel Vashchilin, Andrey Finiagin, Roman Kirillov