Walpurgis Night, or the Steps of the Commander
3 hrs. 1 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Venedikt Erofeev
Author
Venedikt Erofeev
Narrator
Veniamin Smekhov
Narrator
Veniamin Smekhov
Description
The play “Walpurgis Night, or the Commander’s Steps” is the only surviving finished dramatic work. The others, by Erofeyev, were either thrown away without being finished—up to the middle—or simply lost forever. At first glance, this is undoubtedly satire, but on closer inspection you can see things far more metaphysical.
According to the author’s introductory stage note for the play, “everything happens on April 30, then at night, then during the May Day dawn”—that is, on the day when, according to a German folk belief, witches hold their “Walpurgis night” on the high Brocken mountain.
According to the author’s introductory stage note for the play, “everything happens on April 30, then at night, then during the May Day dawn”—that is, on the day when, according to a German folk belief, witches hold their “Walpurgis night” on the high Brocken mountain.
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