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“The Dream of a Ridiculous Man” in Contemporary Theatrical Productions

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  • Author: Tatiana G. Magaril-Il’iaeva
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    Associate Researcher, Centre “Dostoevsky and World Culture”, A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Povarskaya 25 a, 121069 Moscow, Russia.

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    Magaril-Il’iaeva, T.G. “‘The Dream of a Ridiculous Man’ in Contemporary Theatrical Productions.” Dostoevsky and World Culture. Philological journal, no. 1 (17), 2022, pp. 158–166. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22455/2619-0311-2022-1-158-166
  • Received: 30 Nov. 2021
  • Published: 25 Mar. 2022
  • Issue: 2022 no. 1 (17)
  • Department: DOSTOEVSKY ON STAGE
  • Pages: 158-166
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  • UDK: 821.161.1.0
  • BBK: 83.3(2=411.2)+85.334
  • Publication Type: Research Article
  • Keywords: F.M. Dostoevsky, “The Dream of a Ridiculous Man”, theatrical production, stage interpretation of texts.
  • Abstract: The article is dedicated to three solo performances based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s fantastic story “The Dream of a Ridiculous Man”, currently running on Italian and Russian stages (the first show is produced by OUT-OFF Theatre in Milan, Italy, starring Mario Sala, and premiered in 2019; the second by the Nikitsky Gate Theatre, directed by and starring Nikolay Ringburg, premiered in 2021; the third by Piotr Fomenko Workshop Theatre, directed by and starring Fyodor Malyshev, premiered in 2015). Particular attention is given to the analysis of staging solutions used in the hero’s description of the new land and its subsequent fall, thus identifying the reasons noticed by the creators of the shows for man’s forsaking of paradise. The article also examines how the producers understood and expressed the idea of “ridiculous” as the comprehension and interpretation of this concept turned out to be an important step in the realization of all three shows. The article employs fragments of the interviews taken by members of the Editorial Department of the journal Dostoevsky and World Culture. Philological journal.

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1. Dostoevskii, F.M. Polnoe sobranie sochinenii: v 30 tomakh [Complete Works: in 30 vols]. Leningrad, Nauka Publ., 1972–1990. (In Russ.)

2. Kasatkina, T.A. “‘Son smeshnogo cheloveka’: lichnost’ kak rychag preobrazheniia mira” [“‘The Dream of a Ridiculous Man’: Personality as the Instrument of Transfiguration of the World”]. Dostoevskii i mirovaia kul’tura. Filologicheskii zhurnal, no. 2 (6), 2019, pp. 16–44. (In Russ.)

3. Korbella, K. “‘Literatura nuzhna dlia zhizni’: razgovor ob ital’ianskoi videopostanovke ‘Sna smeshnogo cheloveka’” [“‘We Need Literature to Live’: Discussing the Italian Video Production of ‘The Dream of a Ridiculous Man’”]. Dostoevskii i mirovaia kul’tura. Filologicheskii zhurnal, no. 1 (13), 2021, pp. 232–243. (In Russ.)

4. Magaril-Il’iaeva, T.G. “Interv’iu s akterom i rezhisserom teatra ‘Masterskaia P. Fomenko’ Fedorom Malyshevym” [“Interview with Fyodor Malyshev, Actor and Director at Pyotr Fomenko Workshop Theatre”]. Dostoevskii i mirovaia kul’tura. Filologicheskii zhurnal, no. 1 (5), 2019, pp. 222–239. (In Russ.)

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