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MIKHAIL DURNENKOV |
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Nationality: Russian Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Mikhail is a playwright and screenwriter working in Moscow. He began writing for theatre in 2000, and has been working professionally in the field since 2005. He is a member of the New Drama movement of young Russian playwrights. He is a frequent participant in playwriting seminars and workshops across Russia, and is the author of more than 15 plays and screenplays, some of which have been written in collaboration with his brother Vyacheslav. Mikhail has lectured at Russian State University for the Humanities, and taught documentary theatre seminars. His plays have been staged in Russia, Great Britain, Finland, Turkey, Belorussia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Adaptation / Translations of Plays by Mikhail Durnenkov
Drunks, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Courtyard Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, England, EUR >>> | 24 Sep 2009 | ||||
Company: | RSC | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 9781848420571 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #99085 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 17 | ||
Parts other: | very large cast possible | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Mikhail and Vyacheslav Durnenkov. from a literal translation by Maria Kozlovskaya | |||||
| A darkly comic and freewheeling epic that gets to the heart of small-town politics and what it means to please all of the people all of the time. A provincial town is in search of a hero. A shell-shocked soldier downs vodka on his return from the frontline in Chechnya. As Ilya arrives home he stumbles into the epicentre of an extraordinary power struggle that threatens to tear the town apart. | |||||
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Frozen In Time | ||
| 1st Produced: | Towson University | Apr 2010 | ||||
Company: | Towson University Department of Theatre Arts | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #157102 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Mikhail Durnenkov | |||||
Synopsis: | Bringing capitalist enterprise to the town of Ragweed | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Gamblers, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 22 Oct 2014 | |||||
Company: | Greyscale/Dundee Rep/Northern Stage/Stellar Quines | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #167066 | |||
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Genre: | adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol. Adapted by Selma Dimitrijevic and Mikhail Durnenkov | |||||
Synopsis: | In the world of The Gamblers there is no mercy. This new all-female version is a story of women who gamble, hustle, cheat, drink, swear, sing and dance. And never apologise for it. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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War Hasn't Started Yet, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 04 May 2015 | |||||
Company: | A Play, A Pie and A Pint and the University of Edinburgh | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #168043 | |||
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Genre: | short play in adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Mikhail Durnenkov. Literal translation by Alexandra Smith. Adapted and directed by Davey Anderson. | |||||
Synopsis: | Russian troops enter Ukraine. But the war hasn't started yet. Not officially. Meanwhile, protestors take to the streets, parents lose their children, strangers find lovers, journalists lie on television, cancer patients crack jokes about the absurdity of existence, the downtrodden dream of rising up against their oppressors and everyone everywhere is addicted to something. 'You see all these people in the subway with icy cold eyes. Burning inside. It's either gastritis, or their souls, or God knows what. They look like they could pounce at any moment, tear you apart and eat you alive.' A darkly funny, kaleidoscopic look at contemporary Russia on the brink. | |||||
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