Libraries HomeRussian Drama "Ruslan and Lyudmila" Scheduled Mar. 9, 10
February 16, 2012
Each year the UO’s Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES) Center stages a bilingual production of a Russian play. This year’s offering is a dramatization of “Ruslan and Lyudmila,” а Romantic poem by Russia’s venerated poet Aleksander Pushkin.Scheduled for March 9 and 10 at 7:30 p.m. in 101 Living and Learning Center, the playful and exotic fairy tale involves an evil magician who steals the daughter of Prince Vladimir of Kiev on her wedding night. Several knights leave on a quest to find her, and whoever succeeds wins the maiden and kingdom.
The REEES production will feature medieval characters from Russian history and folklore, as well as two modern leaders, Yeltsin and Putin. American Muppets will befriend Slavic folk creatures such as mermaids, Baba Yaga, the Learned Cat, and Leshij the Forest Spirit. Song and dance numbers will include a Russian lullaby about the fearsome Little Grey Wolf.
Sponsored by REEES and the UO Libraries, the show is free and open to the public. Because of limited seating, please make reservations for one of the two show days by e-mailing Julia Nemirovskaya at nemro@uoregon.edu.
1501 Kincaid Street, Eugene, OR 97403-1299 | T: (541) 346-3053 | F: (541) 346-3485
