Mayakovsky: The Slanting Rain
From: Thursday, 6th October 2011
To: Friday, 7 October 2011
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Synopsis
Vladimir Mayakovsky: poet; artist; playwright... a leading figure in the Russian Futurist movement, self proclaimed spokesman of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution and an opponent of the bureaucracy until his suicide in 1930. Eccentric, unpredictable, with a keen sense of the ridiculous, he was the master showman.
Our Review:
Anne Morley-Priestman - 6 October 2011
Revolution, said Vergniaud (who knew all about it from personal experience), like Saturn devours its children. If that was true of France in the 18th century, it seems almost more so for Russia in the 20th.
The Futurist poet and playwright Vladimir Mayakovsky had a vision of Cubism, Modernism and Internationalism which ultimately proved incompatible with the world in which he lived. So he killed himself.
From this, Andrew Rattenbury has constructed an intensely concentrated short play for just one actor. Mind you, the audience is not there merely to absorb the story and the acting; it is required to reflect the convictions and the bitterness of what is before it. It’s a studio play, but also, I think, a festival one.
Ed Hughes gives Mayakovsky whiplash energy to an almost frightening degree as he tongue-lashes those who cannot – or will not – share his vision. It’s a finely detailed performance of immense intensity, taking his audie...
Cast
Creative
Andrew Rattenbury (Author)
Mercury Theatre Company (Producer)
Salida Productions (Producer)
Michael Vale (Director)
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