Gustav Flaubert

MADAME BOVARY/A Melodrama in 2 Acts/

Dramatized by Rolandas Atkočiūnas

Translated by Evita Mamaja

Premiere: 14 November, 2014

 

 

The novel Madame Bovary written by Gustav Flaubert in 1856 is deemed to be one of the masterpieces of world literature, and one of the all-time greatest novels alongside Lev Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina.

 

Parallels between these novels can also be drawn in the story – Emma Bovary is the wife of a doctor, who, tormented by boredom, lives beyond her means and enters a sinful relationship to escape the emptiness and loneliness of provincial life.

 

The portrayal of the human passions in Madame Bovary is so believable and understandable because in this melodrama Flaubert writes about real events in an actual family of the time.

 

Here there are practically no positive heroes, and the author’s scepticism for human nature and weaknesses in character can be felt at every turn of events. However, Flaubert stands by his protagonists completely – his famous quote is: „I myself am Madame Bovary!”

 

 

Performers: Kristīne Nevarauska (Emma Bovary), Artūrs Skrastiņš (Charles Bovary), Pēteris Liepiņš (Monsieur Lheureux, the money lender), Ilze Ķuzule-Skrastiņa (Felicity), Indra Briķe (Charles’mother), Gints Andžāns (Léon Dupuis), Lauris Subatnieks (Monsieur Homais, the pharmacist), Juris Bartkevičs (Guillaumin, the Lawyer), Artis Robežnieks (Abbé Bournisien, the Priest), Artūrs Dīcis (Justin, Homais’apprentice), Juris Žagars (Rodolphe Boulanger), Aldis Siliņš (Hippolyte, a hurdy-gurdy player), Ērika Eglija (Ivēra kundze), Sarmīte Rubule (Madame Homais), Elīna Dzelme (Miss Lefrancoise), Aija Dzērve (Artemis), Lauris Dzelzītis (Monsiuer Aran), Dainis Gaidelis, Gints Grāvelis (Creditors), Mārtiņš Počs (The Viscount), Artūrs Dīcis, Dainis Gaidelis, Gints Grāvelis, Ērika Eglija, Aija Dzērve, Edijs Zalaks, Lauris Dzelzītis, Sarmīte Rubule, Elīna Dzelme, Inga Dzintare (Townspeople and Carnival participants)

 

 

Director – Rolands Atkočiūnas (Lithuania)

Set Designer – Mārtiņš Vilkārsis

Costume Designer – Jolanta Rimkutė (Lithuania)

Music – Giedrius Puskunigis (Lithuania)

Choreography – Inga Raudinga

Lighting Designer – Jevgeny Vinogradov (Russia)