Old Russian Vaudevilles

5 hrs. 43 min.

Audio Plays, Radio Productions & Literary Readings

Language Russian

Authors Mark Kropyvnytsky, Dmitry Lensky, Nikolai Nekrasov, Pavel Fyodorov

Author Mark Kropyvnytsky

Author Dmitry Lensky

Author Nikolai Nekrasov

Author Pavel Fyodorov

Narrators Mikhail Yanshin, Faina Ranevskaya, Alexander Sashin-Nikolsky, Olga Viklandt, Nikolai Gritsenko, Anatoly Kubatsky, Ruben Simonov, Vladimir Osenev

Narrator Mikhail Yanshin

Narrator Faina Ranevskaya

Narrator Alexander Sashin-Nikolsky

Narrator Olga Viklandt

Narrator Nikolai Gritsenko

Narrator Anatoly Kubatsky

Narrator Ruben Simonov

Narrator Vladimir Osenev

Description

Audio performances of famous 19th-century vaudevilles are presented here, featuring famous performers such as Aleksei Grybov, Nikolai Gritsenko, Vasily Merkuryev, Faina Ranevskaya, Ruben Simonov, Bruno Freindlich, Lyudmila Tselikowskaya, Mikhail Yanshin, and many others.

Contents:

By the revision.
Author: Mark Lukich Kropyvnytsky
Characters and performers:
Senior sergeant—Mikhail Yanshin;
Ryndychka—Faina Ranevskaya;
Witness Gerasim—Alexander Sashin-Nikolsky;
Froska—Olga Viklandt;
Scribe—Nikolai Gritsenko;
Guard—Anatoliy Kubatsky.
Recording from 1954

Lev Gurych Sinichkin.
Author: Dmitry Timofeevich Lensky
Characters and performers:
Lev Gurych Sinichkin, provincial actor—Ruben Simonov;
Liza, his daughter—Lyudmila Tselikovskaya;
Prince Vetrinsky, a wealthy landowner—Vladimir Oseevny;
Raisa Minishna Surmilova, provincial actress—Anna Orochko;
Pyotr Petrovich Pustoslavtsev, keeper of a provincial theater—Nikolai Plotnikov;
Nalymov, director—Boris Shukhin;
Fyodor Semyonovich Borzikov, writer—Viktor Koltsov;
Count Zefirov—Iosif Tolchanov;
Chakhotkin, actor of the local theater—Yevgeny Fyodorov;
Tragic actor—Maksim Grekov;
Mityka, senior carpenter in the theater—Borisov A.;
Proshka, stage worker—Vladimir Shlesinger;
Theater prompter—Kashirin I.;
Shkal, servant from the theater school—Grigoriy Merlinskiy;
Semen, servant of Borzikov—Ruslanov V.;
Count Zefirov’s valet—Zilov M.
Actresses of the theater:
Actress Varya—Golovina V.;
Dancer Nadia—Izmailyova E.;
Actress Masha—Zhukovskaya G.;
Dancer Katya—Dancheva L.;
Explanatory text—Vladimir Shlesinger.
Recording from 1955

Autumn boredom.
Author: Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov
Characters and performers:
From the author—Vladimir Muravyev;
Lasukov, landowner—Aleksei Grybov;
Boy—Anna Komolova;
Maxim, cook—Vladimir Popov;
Anisya, housekeeper—Anastasiya Georgievskaya;
Tatyana, livestock keeper—Valeriya Dementyeva;
Egor, butler—P. Kiryutkin;
Dmitry, tailor—A. Shishkov;
Antip, coachman—A. Ivashev-Solovyev.
Recording from 1953

The pawnbroker of St. Petersburg.
Author: Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov
Characters and performers:
Potap Ivanovich Loskutkov, pawnbroker—Vasily Merkuryev;
Liza, his daughter—Olga Lebzak;
Ivan Fedorovich Nalimov, in love with Liza, he is also an unknown gentleman and also the landowner Rostomakhov—Bruno Freindlich;
Krasnokhvostov—G. Samoylov;
Servant—A. Jobinov;
Host—Sergey Karnovich-Valua.
Recording from 1953

The busybody.
Author: Aleksandr Ivanovich Pisarev
Characters and performers:
Radimov—Vsevolod Sanaev, sings Daniil Demyanov;
Repeykin—Aleksei Grybov, sings Georgiy Abramov;
Lionsky—Yury Leonidov, sings Aleksei Usmanov;
Nadenka—Lyudmila Isaeva;
Sasha—Aleksandra Yakovenko;
Ivan—Aleksandr Tikhonov;
Servant and gardener—Trofim Antonenkо.
Recording from 1953

Ace and Firth, or a Wedding with Monograms.
Author: Pavel Stepanovich Fedorov
Characters and performers:
Mordashev—Mikhail Yanshin, sings P. Pontryagin;
Mordasheva, his wife—M. Koche-novskaya, sings N. Aleksandriyskiy;
Lyubushka, their daughter—I. Preys, sings N. Konstantinova;
Fadeev, young man—V. Belanovskiy, sings L. Neverov;
Fityulkin—Boris Levinson;
Akulka—Klavdiya Shinkina.
Recording from 1953