Much Ado About Nothing (1936)

 The first performance of the season 1936 — 1937.

It was a concerntration of what was called “ the Vakhtangov principle” in its easy, lively, comedic ironic aspect.

Main Stage

Premiere was on 7 October 1936

Characters & Cast:

Don Pedro,
prince of Aragona
Nikolay Bubnov
Don Juan
his another brother
Mikhail Sidorkin
Don Pedro’s circle
ClaudioDmitry Dorliak
BenedictRuben Simonov
Don Juan's circle
BorakhioNikolay Khoschanov
KonradNikolay Mozyaykin
Leonato,
Messina’s governor
Mikhail Derzhavin
Antonio
his brother
Andrey Tutyshkin
Gero,
Leonato’s daughter
Valentina Vagrina
Beatrice,
his niece
Tsetsiliya Mansurova
The Maids Gero
MargaritaValentina Dancheva
Elena Berseneva
UrsylaAnna Danilovich
Alla Sevastyanova
The maids in the house Leonato Nina Nikitina
Galina Konovalova
G. Kaptereva
Polise
СranberryBoris Shuhmin
Ivan Solovyev
KisselViktor Koltsov
Eugeniy Maximov
Guard Grigory Merlinsky
Rafik Ekimov
Recorder Eugeniy Maximov
Baltazar,
singer from Don Pedro’s retinue
Aleksey Emelyanov
Father Francisc,
monk
Ivan Lobashkov
Messenger Vladimir Osenev
Officers Mikhail Kabalov
A. Rozinsky
1st boy Nadezhda Generalova
2nd boy Nina Zorina

Crew:

Production Joseph Rapoport
Stage director Mariya Sinelnikova
General artistic directing Boris Zakhava
Decorator Vadim Ryndin
Music Tikhon Khrennikov