Maxim Gorky

CHILDREN OF THE SUN /A Drama in 2 Acts/

Translated from Russian by Dž. Dž. Džilidžers

Premiere: 9 January, 2015

 

 

Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) is one of the most important and well-known Russian writers and thinkers in the world. His play Children of the Sun   (1905) was written in the Petropavlovsk prison where Gorky ended up as a result of his involvement in the events of the January revolution. It is a dramatic story about an intelligentsia family, destined by fate to live in difficult times of change. Wise, polite and good people, who at a time had their own hopes and ideals, are suddenly faced with the horrid face of hate and a mob mentality.

 

Love, loneliness, alienation and longing – they are the eternal themes of classical art and literature, but so much is influenced by the era in which fate dictates you live. There, where blood has been spilt, flowers will not grow. How to live beautifully? Everyone needs a little luck, and there is never enough love.

 

Already in 1905, his play Children of the Sun was performed at the Moscow Art Theatre, and in 1906 is was performed at the Riga Latvian Theatre.

 

 

Performers: Juris Žagars (Pavel Fyodorovich Protasov), Ērika Eglija (Liza, his sister), Kristīne Nevarauska (Yelena Nikolayevna, his wife), Ģirts Ķesteris (Dimitriy Sergeyevich Vagin), Artis Robežnieks (Boris Nicholayevich Chepurnoy), Vita Vārpiņa (Melanie, his sister), Juris Kalniņš (Nazar Avdeyevich), Edijs Zalaks (Misha, his son), Lauris Dzelzītis (Yegor, a key cutter), Aija Dzērve (Avdotya, his wife / Lusha, a chambermaid), Aldis Siliņš (Yakov Troshin), Lidija Pupure  (Antonovna, the governess), Sarmīte Rubule (Fima, a chambermaid), Dainis Gaidelis (Roman, a janitor)

 

Director – Dž.Dž.Džilindžers

Assistant Director – Inga Krasovska

Set Designer – Kristians Brekte

Costume Designer – Ilze Vītoliņa

Composer – Kārlis Lācis

Lighting designer – Igor Kapustin