The Muscovite-Sorcerer
Tatyana’s husband left for the business trip. And right away the local ladies’ men begin to put the moves towards a young woman. At first she fights back, but under the pressure of good words and love-making she is ready to put up hands. But the husband’s returning makes allowances in the plans of all characters. Based on Ivan Kotliarevsky` vaudeville The Muscovite-Sorcerer, that, together with operetta Natalka Poltavka (Natalka from Poltava), was landmarks in the development of Ukrainian theater.
Production
Production
Cast
Ruslana Pysanka
Tetyana
Oleksandr Bondarenko
Mykhaylo
Kostiantyn Shaforenko
Fintyk
Bohdan Beniuk
Moskal-charivnyk
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