"Fatal legacy" (performance): reviews, content, actors

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"The Fatal Legacy" (performance), reviews of which will be presented in this article, is a non-repertory tragicomedy based on the play of a modern playwright. The roles in it are played by famous actors.

About the play

Andrey Selivanov created an enterprise for three characters. A big businessman dies and leaves an inheritance to his son. Thus begins the "Fatal Inheritance" (play). The actors in the production are very famous. In the role of Madame Claudette - V. Alentova. Claude is played by Sergei Astakhov. In the role of the daughter of Madame Claudette - Claire, two actresses act in turn - these are Anna Bolshova and Daria Poverennova.

The production is both funny and sad. The beginning gives the impression of a comedy, but the plot, developing smoothly, turns into a tragedy by the end.

A performance about people who, like many of us, believe that happiness can be found if you have a lot of money. But in fact, it turns out that along with a large inheritance, you can get big problems. At first, it really seems to the heroes that they will now be happy. But money andinheriting a luxury apartment will only end up making them unhappier and leading to a dramatic ending.

The performance lasts two and a half hours. It has two acts and an intermission.

The production is touring all over the country with great success. In every city, artists have a constant full house.

The producer of the enterprise is Andrey Feofanov. Andrei Selivanov is not only a director, he is also the author of a dramatization. The musical arrangement of the performance was performed by Stanislav Vasilenko.

The production uses the costumes of Rostislav Protasov.

Storyline

A. Selivanov, based on the play by Nikolai Rudkovsky, staged "The Fatal Inheritance" - a performance with Alentova. The content of the piece is a story about love and inheritance.

The protagonist Claude receives from his father, whom he hated all his life because he cheated on his mother and did not pay enough attention to him, a luxurious apartment in Paris. But the apartments come with a surprise. Madame Claudette lives in the apartment - a lady of Balzac age with her daughter. The owner of the apartment keeps a secret. Claire, her daughter, and Claude fall in love with each other. And then Madame Claudette reveals her secret - she was the mistress of the protagonist's father. And Claire is his daughter, that is, Claude's sister. The ending of this story is tragic.

Actors

The main roles in the production, as mentioned above, are played by famous actors - Vera Alentova and Sergey Astakhov. Viewers are familiar withmainly for their bright roles in films.

Sergey Astakhov was born in the Voronezh region in 1969. His real name is Kozlov. In 1995, the artist graduated from the Voronezh Institute of Arts. As a student, he worked as an actor in a chamber theater. Sergey moved to Moscow in 1999. Then he took his mother's maiden name and became Astakhov. In the first years of his life in the capital, he served in the Satyricon and Et Cetera. Now he collaborates with various theaters and works in entreprises.

Sergey Astakhov played in the following films and TV series:

• "Sunstroke";
• "I have the honor";
• "Children of the Arbat";
• "Palmist";
• "Korolev";
• "Counterplay";
• "Orca";
• "Poor Nastya";
• "Dasha Vasilyeva";
• "Yesenin";
• "Ivan Podushkin. Gentleman of the detective";
• "The Fourth Wish";
• "Balzac Age, or All Men Are Their Own";
• "Death of the Empire";
• "traffic cops";
• "Secrets of the Institute of Noble Maidens".

And many others.

Vera Alentova - People's Artist of Russia. Born in the Arkhangelsk region in an acting family. In 1965, V. Alentova graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School and entered the service of the Moscow Pushkin Theater as an actress. While still a student, she married a classmate Vladimir Menshov, who later became a famous director.

B. Alentovastarred in the following films:

• "Moscow does not believe in tears";
• "The road without end";
• "Stars and Soldiers";
• "And yet I love…";
• "There was a war tomorrow";
• "Shirley Myrley";
• "Envy of the Gods";
• "Silver wedding";
• "Happy March 8, men";
• "Miami Bridegroom";
• "Big W altz";
• "When the saints march";
• "Son for father".

And many others.

No less famous than Sergei Astakhov and Vera Alentova, who play Claire.

Daria Poverennova is known to the public for her roles in the series Brigada, Capercaillie, Petrovka, 38, Truckers, etc.

Anna Bolshova also starred in famous films and took part in popular TV shows on the country's leading channels.

Director

The play "The Fatal Legacy" was staged by the Russian screenwriter and director Andrei Selivanov. He graduated from the theater school in Irkutsk, and then GITIS. As a director, he works not only in Russia, but also in Seoul and London. Conducted teaching activities in South Korea. Repeatedly was the director of TV shows on the leading channels of our country.

A. Selivanov made the following feature films and documentaries:

• "Age of love";
• "Way of the Warrior";
• "Year in Tuscany";
• "The truth about"Kursk"";
• "Sklifosovsky";
• "Henri and Anita";
• "Daughters-mothers";
• "Blood Ties".

And many more.

Reviews about the play

"Fatal Legacy" (performance) receives positive feedback from the audience. Those who watched it write that they enjoyed watching it immensely. It is considered by many to be one of the best contemporary productions staged in the last few years. The public writes that the "Fatal Legacy" collects full houses fairly. And it's not just the celebrities on the poster, but the fact that the play itself is interesting and the director found original solutions to reveal the images and the conflict between the characters. The passions in the production are so heated that they plunge the audience into shock (in the good sense of the word). This story makes you laugh and cry.

Reviews about actors

"Fatal Inheritance" (performance) receives extremely enthusiastic reviews from the audience about the work of the actors. The audience believes that the artists play amazingly even the most insignificant moments and episodes. The production is declared in the genre of adventurous comedy. But thanks to the talents of the actors, it does not turn into a farce. It is more like a tragicomedy with elements of melodrama.

"Bravo to the wonderful artists" say those who had the good fortune to watch the "Fatal Inheritance" (play). Particularly enthusiastic reviews are left about Vera Alentova. Viewers especially note heracting game. She, according to those who watched the production, is an artist from God and is simply magnificent in her role.