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Magnitsky Play at Teatr.doc Hits Harder Than Ever
Some things remain relevant longer than you would expect.
Take the death of Sergei Magnitsky. This muck-raking attorney was allowed to die in a Moscow prison in November 2009. That story was still making news when Teatr.doc opened a show called “One Hour Eighteen” in the early summer of 2010. The show examined the actions of several people in close proximity to the prisoner when he mysteriously was allowed to die, apparently handcuffed, on a cold floor in a prison cell.
Teatr.doc has just reopened a second, renewed version of the play with several scenes added to respond to events of recent years. In fact, at the performance I attended last weekend there were lines drawn from that very day’s biggest news — the passing by the Russian Duma of the so-called “anti-Magnitsky” law. This measure banning Americans from adopting Russian children is widely seen as a response to the so-called Magnitsky Act, passed by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Barack Obama two weeks ago. This act bans Russian officials suspected of being involved in the death of Magnitsky from traveling to the United States.
In short, unlike most stories entering the endless news cycle, the Magnitsky case is not going away. Mikhail Ugarov, who co-directed “One Hour Eighteen” with Talgat Batalov and who performs a scene in the new version, told me ruefully minutes before curtain time last week that he suspects a third version of the play is not far away.
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THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
“In simple black chairs sitting judge, investigator and a prison guard. Their decisions have led to the death of a young man who is in jail. Now they – the accused, and judges them public” – wrote in Der Sarah Hofbauer Standard.
Sergei Magnitsky, the author writes, struggled with the death of 1 hour and 18 minutes. Play called “1 hour 18 minutes,” staged by the Russian theater Teatr.doc depicts not taken place in reality “a judicial process that would be worthy of the deceased.”
newspaper reminds that in 2008, Magnitsky uncovered resounding economic crime, but the Russian police, instead of arresting the perpetrators took Magnitsky. In prison, he complained of pain, but he was denied medical treatment, and he died in November 2009 – “crouched on the floor, bound hand and foot.”
premiere in German speaking countries, the author continues, was held on September 29 at the Festival of Contemporary Art “Styrian Autumn” in Graz.
“Director Mikhail Ugarov makes actors one by one to go out and defend the case Magnitsky investigator asks sympathy doctor speaks calmly and do not feel guilty, the judge of arrogance. Casual suits, almost empty stage and simple lighting up a strong contrast with the complexity of the content. Actors play awesome, and they manage to charm the audience, despite the Russian language and the subtitles are not always synchronized with what is happening, “- says retsenzentka. займ онлайн hairy woman https://zp-pdl.com/emergency-payday-loans.php https://zp-pdl.com/get-quick-online-payday-loan-now.php hairy woman
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