Chekov in My Life

By admin | January 19, 2009
Chekov in My Life
An Autobiography by Lydia Avilov
A SRC Repertory production

Hindi
8 February, 7 p.m.
Shri Ram Centre

Duration: 1 hour 40 mins (no interval)

Cast

Old Avilov Diksha Thakur
Young Avilov Rakhi Mansha
Sergei, Waiter & Trigorin Sanjay Kumar Singh
Nadya, Mrs Leikin, Ena & Nina Sapna Khatana
Chekov Aashish Kumar
Gadiwaan, Doctor & Audience-1 Shrikant Verma
Mikhail Shubhro Bhattacharya
Mr. Leikin, Nemirovich & Lugonavich Ambrish K Saxena
Guest, Suvorin & Elyokhin Santosh Ojha
Tolstoy Abhishek Kumar
Mr Peter Nishant Mishra
Mrs Vera & Masha Geeta Kumhe
Alexei Bhupesh Joshi
Audience-3 Sonu Ronjhiya

Credits

Novelist Lydia A. Avilova
Translation in Hindi Ranjana Srivastva
Playwrights Ambrish K. Saxena & Ifra Mushtaq
Director Mushtaq Kak
Music Director Rajesh Singh
Stage Manager Shrikant Verma
Set Incharge Anurag Arora
Assistant Ambrish K. Saxena
Set Props. Incharge Sanjay Kumar Singh, Shubhro Bhattacharya
Costume Incharge Bhupesh Joshi
Assistant Santosh Ojha, Geeta Kumhe & Babita Kurdiya
Property Incharge Shrikant Verma, Diksha Thakur
Make up Incharge Shrikant Verma
Assistant Sapna Khatana & Nishant Mishra
Lights Incharge Ravinder Mishra, Naresh Kumar
Assistant Sattiram & Tribhuvan
Music Design Rajesh Singh
Sound Record S. Manoharan
Music Operation Anurag Arora
Translation in English David Magarshack
Assistant Director Anurag Arora

Synopsis
Based on Lydia Avilova’s memoirs, Chekov in my Life reveals the very personal life of Anton Chekov the renowned Russian writer. Depicting Lydia’s 10-year relationship with the 29-year-old Chekov, from 1889 to 1899 when he emerges as a literary figure, her memoirs contain references in particularly to Chekov’s most famous play The Seagull.
Lydia A. Avilova was born in Moscow in 1864. She was only twenty-five, already married and mother of a nine month old boy when she first met Chekov. In the account of her relations with Chekov, published several years after her death in 1942 at the age of 78, under the title of Chekov in my Life, she describes only eight meetings with Chekov between 1889 and 1899, but it is clear from the text that they must have met much more often.


Cast and Crew Biographies

Ambrish K. Saxena Graduated in arts and trained in theatre and acting from Sri Ram Centre (1998). Worked with Repertory-Himanchal Sanskritik Shodh Sansthan, Mandi as an actor, and received a 2 years scholarship from the Ministry of Cultural. He has worked with several institutions and has written and directed 10 short plays and stories. He is currently working with Sri Ram Centre Repertory as an actor.

Ifra Mushtaq started her career as a child artist with Doordarshan Kendra, Jammu . She has participated in various national theatre festivals ad is associated with Duggar Manch and Amateur Theatre Group. She has a keen interest in writing and has written a few scripts and screen plays.

Rajesh Singh Graduated in vocal music from Gandhrav Mahavidyalya, Delhi . He trained in acting and theatre from Sri Ram Centre. He has performed in over 35 productions for the Sahitya Kala Parishad and Sri Ram Center Repertory companies. He is currently studying theatre as a student with N.S.D.

Mushtaq Kak Exhibits multi-faceted talent by being an actor, director, designer, writer and painter. He is also the founding member of Amateur Theatre Group, Jammu . He has designed and directed over 73 plays in different languages. Presently Kak is the Artistic Director of Sri Ram Centre for Performing Arts and has directed over 23 plays with repertory ad acting course of SRC over the last five years. He was awarded a fellowship from the Ministry of Culture, on In Search of Visual Poetry in Indian Contemporary Theatre and is one of the faculty members of Sangeet Natak Academy .

 

 
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