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September 4, 2017 #206
September 25, 26 Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione, Italy About Performance:
International Program Luigi Pirandello
The Tortoise Directed by Levan Tsuladze Produced by Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione in collaboration with Kote Marjanishvili State Drama Theatre
Venue: Kote Marjanishvili State Drama Theatre | Big Stage Duration: 75 minutes, without intermission Tickets: Parterre – 35 GEL; Balcony – 20, 10 GEL; Beginning: 20:00
The author Levan Tsuladze chose is Luigi Pirandello, though not his dramatic work but fiction. The main character Mr. Mishkov (Giovanni Franzoni) receives a tortoise as a present, which should bring him luck. Once the tortoise appears in the house everything goes upside down: stable bourgeois life is shaken, Mishkov’s relationship with his wife becomes extremely tense. The wife brings forth the ultimatum: “if the tortoise won’t leave the house in three days, I will!” The decision is not so easy or comic as it might seem, he has to decide whether to terminate his lovless marriage or not. The director depicts human feelings with humor and bitter irony, brings to the surface the sad and turbulent life of the couple.