Swan Song

Overview

Oleg Borisov’s benefit performance. The plot of this televised stage production is based on Anton Chekhov’s dramatic sketch Swan Song, which tells the story of an aging actor’s fate. As the performance unfolds, the actor recalls some of his past roles in various productions based on the works of Ostrovsky, Griboyedov, Shakespeare, and Gogol. He also recites poems by Pushkin and sings a song by Okudzhava.

Cast

Oleg Borisov

Stanislav Isayev

Lyudmila Semenyaka

Natalya Tenyakova

Lev Borisov

Aleksandr Zuev

Nina Kilimnik