David Copperfield

David was born half-orphan—six months after his father’s death. At first, the boy was raised surrounded by his mother’s and nurse’s love; however, with the arrival of a stepfather—a stubborn tyrant who considered the child a burden—he had to forget his previous life. Another “tutor,” an ignorant Mr. Murdstone, former a brewer’s salesman turned school principal, continued to hammer into the young hero his poor ideas about order. These barbaric methods of upbringing would be interrupted by the outwardly stern Miss Trotwood, who would become for the boy the embodiment of goodness and justice.

Performers:
From the author — Alexey Konsovsky
Davy — Valentina Sperantova
Davy’s mother — Elena Fadeeva
Piggotty — Militsa Lavrova
Mr. Murdstone — Boris Olenin
Mrs. Murdstone — Olga Viklandt
Miss Trotwood — Faina Ranevskaya
Scrap man — Vladimir Henkін
Uncle — Mikhail Yanshin
Sailors — Nikolay Salant, Mikhail Nazvanov, Aleksandr Gai, Anatoliy Kubatskiy
In episodes and mass scenes: artists of Moscow theaters