The acting was quite good; I've seen Demidov, who played Klein (and God, amusingly), do better, actually, but the rest were quite, quite good, including Mirkurbanov who starred as Adam Stein. I remember having also enjoyed Mirkurbanov starring in Brecht's A Threepenny Opera a couple of years ago. The staging was quite impressive, using strong visual elements of the circus (appropriate for the play's theme and loci), and the actors were quite acrobatic. The hallucinatory sense was achieved, and all in all, I was positively impressed with the adaptation. Unsurprisingly, I still prefer the book.
A couple of months ago,
Advice for life: let
And briefly:
- my kingdom for Giraudoux's La Guerre de Troie N'Aura Pas Lieu in a language I can read!
- I've just discovered that said Mirkurbanov starred in a one-man show based on Erofeev's Moscow-Petushki(!). Alas, it was four years ago, and only in Russian. (must pick up Russian already!)
update: Ah yes, I've already mentioned The Yalta Game, nearer the event. Serves me right for having so many unwritten entries in my head -- I forget the ones I have written up!