Mark Twain
: Adventures in Two Acts, 12+
The performance lasts 1 hour 55 minutes with an intermission.
Director: Yuri Kharmelin , Honored Artist of the Republic of Moldova
Major restoration of the performance: Alexander Petrov , Honored Artist of the Republic of Mordovia
Set design: Natalia Silina
| Characters and performers | |
| Tsar's Palace: | |
| Prince Edward | Maxim Gustoy |
| Lord Herdford | Yakov Gribinenko |
| Lady Jane, his daughter | Aelita Khlopotova |
| Lord St. John | Stanislav Binkovsky |
| Lord Chancellor | Dmitry Dubina |
| Lord Treasurer | Vyacheslav Azarovsky, Honored Artist of the Republic of Mordovia |
| Lords | Alexey Shtyrbul, Valentin Baytoy |
| Sir William | Sergiu Blănitse |
| Humphrey, the whipping boy | Arseniy Prodan |
| Sergeant Jim | Daniil Gavrilitsa |
| Archbishop | Valentin Baytoy |
| Head Chef | Robert Kurashov |
| Cooks | Timur Moroz, Kirill Koval, Gleb Pleshko |
| Miles Genton, knight | Evgeny Bognibov, Honored Artist of the Republic of Mordovia |
| Garbage Yard: | |
| Tom Canty | Dmitry Gustoy |
| John Canty, Tom Canty's father | Stanislav Binkovsky |
| Joana, Tom's mother | Anastasia Nepritskaya |
| Beata, Tom's sister | Tatyana Yakovenko |
| Hugo | Yakov Gribinenko |
| Dick | Dmitry Dubina |
| Dot | Alexander Petrov, Honored Artist of the Republic of Mordovia |
| Huck | Alexey Shtyrbul |
| Oliver | Nikita Sergeev |
| The beggar girl, Oliver's sister | Anastasia Khersun |
| People, vagabonds | Vyacheslav Azarovsky, Honored Artist of the Republic of Moldova, Yulia Evstifeeva, Alina Uncu, Alisa Osinska, Maria Barsukova, Sergei Blanitsa, Daniil Gavrilitsa, Maria Chebotar, Nikita Sergeev, Adam Rotar, Klim Kovalev, Robert Kurashov |
Annotation
The play was directed by Yuri Kharmelin and is based on Mark Twain’s historical novel The Prince and the Pauper.
Set in medieval England, this is the story of the incredible adventures of two boys, born like twins by a freak of nature—the English Prince Edward and the ragamuffin Tom Canty—who, by chance, briefly swap roles. The beggar becomes a wise ruler of England, while the heir to the throne, finding himself behind the palace walls, experiences the bitterness and humiliation reserved for the poor in his kingdom.
All the heroes' adventures confirm the well-known truth: people are not born kings or beggars—they become them, and titles, ranks, and class distinctions are merely clothing that can be exchanged.
