5/11/2023 0 Comments Chekhov plays![]() ![]() In a country like France, where support for Ukraine is steadfast, this is hardly for lack of sympathy. Only one playbill, for “The Seagull” at the Théâtre des Abbesses, mentioned Ukraine. While the Ukrainian flag was unfurled regularly on French stages in 2022, it made an appearance just once at the performances I saw of those four plays: At the end of Turgenev’s “A Month in the Country,” at the Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet, an actor brought it out and held it during the curtain calls. In Paris, no fewer than four Russian plays were on at prominent playhouses in late January and early February, including Chekhov’s “The Seagull” and “Uncle Vanya,” as well as lesser-known works, such as pieces by Turgenev (“A Month in the Country”) and by Ostrovsky (“The Storm”).Īnd the artists involved appear to be staying away from mentioning the war. The Russian dramatic repertoire, more widely, has flown under the radar. ![]() ![]() Putin’s favorite authors, cross-examined, in Ukraine and elsewhere, for his expansionist views.Ĭhekhov’s plays, on the other hand? So far, nobody is pulling them from the stage. ![]() Dostoyevsky? One of President Vladimir V. Tchaikovsky’s militaristic “1812 Overture?” Potentially offensive, and dropped from many concerts. Since Russia invaded Ukraine almost a year ago, cultural institutions in Europe and the United States have contemplated what to do with Russian art. ![]()
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