Word: tsarina
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...company changes from performance to performance. The cast seen on Tuesday afternoon was not the cast seen on Monday night. Katchaloff had replaced Moskvin as the Tsar, Stanislavsky was cost as Shouisky in the place of Luzhsky, Yershoff was playing Boris instead of Vishnevsky, and Madame Pashennaya played the Tsarina in the place of Madame Tchekhova. The performance at the Tuesday matince was no doubt not quite as interesting as the one on the opening night, though the Shouisky of Stanislavsky was outstanding, as was the Boris of Yershoff. Disappointment came in the Tsar as played by Katchaloff. There...
...that here one definite grouping is over and here the next one beings. There is an unrivalled flow, and contiuuity, beauty and rhythm in the stage direction. Particularly memorable were the kneeling figures of the delegates from Moscow at the end of the second act, and the Tsar and Tsarina, with the beggars at one side, at the end of the fifth act. And mention must be made of the costumes. Rarely has a play been set with the beauty and display of brilliance that one sees here. In fact, if the Moscow players can extract so much from...