Scarlett O'Hara's beneficial deal. JRT Shows Small Fox Review / Day
Director Kristine Krūze at the New Riga Theater (JRT) staged by the show The small fox is programmatic for a number of reasons. Traditional, it can even be said because of the old -shaped form, it continues the direction of the last season, which is dominated by classical real psychological performances (with small other forms of insertions, such as singing Irish songs and references to the works of Swedish filmmaker Roy Anderson in the show May God stand for you, you, poor sufferers!). They even recall, for example, director Edmund Freiberg's 80s and 90s at the National Theater. At the same time The small fox tends to reach the quality bar that this season puts on JRT in this genre Arcadia. A very good dramaturgy source – Ieva Lesinsk's newly translated American playwright Lilian Helmane (1905-1984) The small fox (1969) – Provides material for several graves, I want to even say, for thorough acting, which may not challenge the undeniable craftsmanship of JRT actors to new peaks, but allow it to flourish in full flowers using already approbated techniques. And in this show I read a very up -to -date message, but later.
Context
Significantly that this Lilian Helmane drama with the name Fox He has experienced Latvia's premiere when Alvis Herman began his work at the New Riga Theater, in 1993 at the Daile Theater. Actor Pēteris Gaudiņš turned to the directing mainly with the mission consciousness to provide good roles from the repertoire of slightly aside colleagues. The result was a show where, as Edīte Tišheizere writes in the theater history, the Latvian Theater. 80s, « I was perceived a very modern nerve. » At the center of the play is the early twentieth century America, brothers Ben and Oscar and sisters Reggie's greedy phrases hidden at a time -hidden, sometimes open campaign, in an attempt to grab as much bite as possible. In this battle, they climb the positive heroes of the play without hesitation – the Reggie's husband Horace, the fragile daughter of the two, Alexander, the Aristocratic, artistic wife of Oscar, using and even destroying them.
In the 1993 Daile Theater, Edīte Tisheizere highlighted two actresses – Lilita Ozoliņš (Reggain) and Ausma Kantani (Berdia). The critic writes: « Lilita Ozoliņa's heroine's life greed, sophisticated cunning and cynicism towards loved ones were both scary and amazing. The beauty, mind and energy that fell over others as a huge, destructive avalanche. In the work of Ausma Cantāne, the reviewers have touched « intelligent, multi -fortified beards, whose cruelty of relatives has been judged by the fate of the exalted strange. »
Roles
There are definitely more than two focused actors in the JRT production. Thanks to the actor's personality scale and the role -making skills, the focus of the Habarda mafios (metaphorical) troika trio. Andris Keisha Ben, who once again finds a profitable situation, occasionally comes to even something mefistophelic, but gentle, glamorous intonations that cut the next destructive affair to the shermal. Gundars Āboliņš's seemingly simplest brother, Oscar (who is always poured into the second) with a little naive trick, gradually reveals his cold violent nature – not only entertained, not only in the morning, shooting animals (and not letting his black servants do. However, as a crown for this Habarda family, the two sister Reggain (after marriage to Gidens), in a virtuoso, sometimes even dazzling Sandra Klavina.
Interestingly, for two outstanding actresses, Lilita Ozoliņa in 1993 in Daile and Sandra Klavina, after 32 years, JRT – has managed to create such different images in the role of a captivating evil grace. Lilita Ozoliņa Reggain was just like a beautiful Makjaveli who plans to make life ahead of chess moves, computing human weaknesses as the shapes of the game. I do not want to say that Sandra Klavina Reggie (as family members called) is not intelligent, but the key in this heroine is quite animal instincts, especially sharpened in relationships, allowing her as a cat to always land on all four, as well as the sensuality and sex he can throw away. She is just like Scarlett O'Hara in twenty years. Sandra Klavina Reggie feels unjustly bypassed because her father wished both brothers inheritance, and longs for a completely different life, not the honor of the provincial home. Her goal is the Chicago bustle, the ball, the highest society. The actress reveals the sense of exclusion and unfulfillment of Reggie in her characteristic sensitivity, if not justified, at least to understand the motivation of her heroine. The only scene where this motivation is difficult to believe is at the end of the show – it does not seem to be that Reggie, which does not give a cold -blooded medicine to her life -saving medicine, could be very shocked by the daughter's resolution.
Anxiety and anxiety
The heroine, who causes sympathy and also undoubtedly attracts attention, is Jan Chowel Beard. Her husband's violent behavior has caused her anxiety and anxiety where we recognize today's typical mental illness. However, the actress has also given Beard with a certain amount of sophistication, which points to the origin of the southern aristocrat, and childish spontaneity, which in turn explains why she is attached to her husband's sister, Evelina Priede Alexander. Reproduction of young girls' teenagers (with all that resulted) has already become a tradition (Shirlia May God stand for you, you, poor sufferers!, Thomasine In Arkadia), but I, unlike colleague Ata Rozentāls (see Review Portal Kroders.lv) However, I see the diversity in these characters she reproduced.
In the small foxes Evelina Pine Alexander combines fragility and apparent submissions for adults with a strong moral spine and inner mental strength, which is particularly manifested at the end of the show. I appreciate this Evelina Pine actor. Like John Skutel's work, the dying, fragile but strong willpower role, with a strong willpower, whose weakness is the unanswered love for his nasty, captivating wife. Horace with his beard and spokes resembles a hero from Thomas Manna Magic Mountain, And to form a role with the shadow of doom over his hero is definitely not an easy task.
The first two (out of three) The small fox The acts begin with the ethide of Aminata Grieta Diarras. In the first act, the maid's Adija's undetectable age is trembling in a grotesque African Dance, but in the second act, the actress's mouth cries on the African -American song played in the record. The use of a dark actress in the role of a maid, especially in the half -year -old dance at the very beginning of the show (I was in every way, but I did not find the reason for this scene, even in the program where it is called a cake dance) seems to be questionable, even though she finds her place and the sincerity of Adia becomes both Alexandra.
As always, Eugene Isajev is the correct and slightly comical role of a kala in the role of Kala. Ivars Coast's investor, Marshall, is elegant and moderately ironic. It seemed interesting to me by David Peterson's work in the role of a polished and at the same time as the son of Oscar and the son of Oscar and Bearia, because as the performances, it becomes clear that this will not be the most successful of the Habardi.
The topicality of the era
Usually the impeccable work of makeup and wig artist Sarmīte Balode at least three shows of heroes – Aminata Grieta's dark -skinned maid, Adija, Sandra Klavina Reggain and Jan Chowel Bearda – this time leaves an overly pleaded impression. The acting games, as well as Kristine Jurjāne's beautiful, age -appropriate costumes (for some actresses, such as Sandra Klavina and Jana Chihuhele, have succeeded, and they have even been to two very beautiful dresses), which is equally aptly apt to women and men.
The classic, realistic direction of the performances is emphasized by Alvis Herman's scenography. Alvis Hermanis has emphasized in social media that this is his first scenography designed by another director. The blueprint porch, which is in the center of the home layout in the first and second acts, no doubt reminds Kristine Jurjāne's stage design for Alvis Herman's performance Brodsky/ Baryshnikovmade ten years ago. Nevertheless The small fox The scenography is more monumental, voluminous, not so openwork. In the third act, it is a room wall with Art Nouveau motifs, which, along with some chairs, becomes a witness to the culmination of the drama, the participation of Reggie in Horacia's death. The stage layout marks the era and the fact that it is a bit of a time of gone. However, the credibility of acting and the progress of the entire performance also encourages to perceive its topicality: in the era of living in a era, when the concept of « a good deal » has acquired a very dubious connotation. While the export of Latvian businessmen to Russia is still in fifth place in the Ukrainian war and reaches more than a billion euros, the idea of how bad people are ready for profit is more relevant than ever, and it is impossible to think about it.
The small fox
JRT Great Hall 27-30.III, 11-13.IV 18
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