Oginski Polonaise, The

Synopsis: A performance recorded at the Gate theatre in London, on 21 March 1996 as part of the Gate Biennale, a celebration of contemporary European theatre. The play, written in Russian in 1993 by Nikolai Kolyada, translated by Peter Tegel and directed here by Pat Kiernan, concerns Tanya, who returns to the Soviet Union after eight years in New York. Her former servants await her return to Moscow with terror as they expect to be evicted. But when the ‘Americanized’ Tanya does arrive she is dressed as a ballerina and is in flight from the KGB. The play blends comedy and pathos to produce a bleak but human vision of post-perestroika Russia.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. S-VHS. col. 100 min.
Year of production: 1996
Availability: REFERENCE ONLY
Notes: The technical quality of the recording is poor.
Paired with SISTERS, BROTHERS.
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: drama - contemporary; Kolyada, Nikolai; performances; Russia

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