"At the bottom" - a classic dramatic play by M. Gorky, staged on the stage of the Moscow Art Theater. Gorky directed by Valery Belyakovich.

About the performance

Belyakovich dresses all the heroes of the play in white clothes - they say, admire, we are all different, with our sins and falls, but we are equal before God. Only God and the audience who will come to the performance can really judge the actions of the characters. Against the background of this improbable white haze in the middle of a dirty basement rooming house, the whole production will go on. Usually in white in traditional versions, the wanderer Luka appears, the most spiritually pure hero of the play, however, Belyakovich, as it were, equalizes all the heroes, saying that each of them has his own truth here. And each of them will convey this very truth to the viewer for 3.5 hours.

Degraded people live in a gloomy rooming house that belongs to Kostylev. Prostitutes, criminals, swindlers and even murderers have gathered here. They are angry at themselves and each other, so the atmosphere here is dangerous and cruel. Someone does not lose hope to get out and live again in the old way, and someone has long given up. The laborer Klesch has a mortally ill wife, Vaska Pepla is persuaded by Kostylev's wife to kill, he himself loves her sister Natalya. Satin, the Actor and the Baron are another bruised inhabitants of the rooming house. The wanderer Luke will soon come here and try to save each of them. But how to save those who do not need it?

The play premiered on March 3, 1999. This year the production turns 20 years old, which means that it will be extremely difficult to get tickets for it. "At the bottom" in 2019 continues to actively stay afloat on theater posters season.

Creative Group

The cast for the performance based on the play of the writer, whose name the theater is named after, attracted the most seasoned and skillful. The controversial Sateen, who has his own specific outlook on life, is played by the People's Artist of Russia Valentin Klementyev. The image of the fallen Baron was tried on by the Honored Artist of Russia Alexander Samoilov. The role of the broken Actor was played by People's Artist of Russia Vladimir Rovinsky, and the wanderer Luka was played by People's Artist of Russia Ivan Krivoruchko.

Valery Belyakovich, director and People's Artist of Russia, staged the Moscow Art Theater. Gorky "The Master and Margarita", "Romeo and Juliet", "Hamlet", "The Taming of the Shrew".

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The audience will be shown one of the most diverse and interesting Russian dramatic plays of the 20th century, which has passed the test of time and today looks with rapture and shivers.

Watched with his son and niece (schoolchildren) "At the bottom". An amazing performance. The acting is mind blowing. Bravo! The main thing is that the guys are not disappointed, comparing with what they read in Gorky. In general, the theater did not disappoint. Thanks a lot to the whole team.

Lydia K., September 19, 2018

... The performance is built on monologues, very strong and goosebumps, touching the original texts of the author. There were many schoolchildren in the hall and the first thought was: if I were 16, I would not understand anything. But apparently, when there are already a little more than 16 questions: “What does a person live for?” It often sounds in people's heads and therefore they write about it and play it. But, in general, everything is simple - “a person lives for the best”, each with his own truth and for everyone it is real. I so want to always have a sort of Luke in my life, who will not look for a catch in everyone, but will act "like acid on a rusty coin." And it’s bitter, actually only because it’s about life !!! How important is a kind word! The banal “don’t be upset, you can handle it” can give a lot of strength and help someone. I'm not Luca, but it's still important to someone.

GBOU School 283

“The theater is full. The boxes are shining." On October 6, a group of students of the 9th "I" class visited the Moscow Art Theater. M. Gorky. The guys watched a performance based on the play by A.M. Gorky "At the bottom". Modern production has not spoiled the idea of ​​the plot and the problem of the drama. musical performance, magnificent acting, scenery - all this left a pleasant impression. Saturday evening of the first day of vacation the guys spent with benefit.

Marina M.

I love the Moscow Art Theater for a minimum of scenery and a maximum of play. "Master and Margarita" - tin shields, "At the bottom" - iron bunks. And that's it! And more than that, in fact, nothing is needed. And Boris Bachurin and Ivan Krivoruchko - a personal "Bravo". standing.

Yana

I ask everyone and everyone who is interested in my opinion of the layman ... Read "At the Bottom" or urgently watch this production at the Moscow Art Theater. M. Gorky. To goosebumps, to tears, from the tire to the very depths ... I have been 5 years old, maybe a little less, I visit the theater stably 1-3 times a month ... It is extremely rare when I was dissatisfied, however, such (positive) in its power of super-emotions, as today, I experienced only twice ... Smoothly flowing to today: 11 out of 20 main characters are the share of honored and people's artists of Russia, and in this case these are not regalia, but true merits. When the emphasis in gouache falls not on the scenery and the surroundings of the outfits, but on monologues / dialogues, musical accompaniment; when light determines everything and there is no change of paraphernalia. Iron bunk beds, white robes of heroes against the backdrop of a huge black stage - all this only complements the unique images played by the best actors of the theater with all their devotion and love for people and the great Maxim Gorky. I am each of them, maybe you?

Julia

Very cool, and goosebumps the whole performance ...

Julia

A wonderful evening at the Moscow Art Theatre. M. Gorky! Thank you. I liked the play "At the Bottom", the acting is mesmerizing. I want to visit theaters again and again!

Olga Segeevna

"At the bottom" (Moscow Art Theater named after Gorky) - classical setting strictly according to the play. A minimum of scenery (4 bunk beds), inconspicuous costumes - all this emphasizes the personality and fate of the characters. The performance makes you think about your life, about humanity, about the soul. Actual problems come from the lips of heroes modern society. And the play was written in 1902, but everything is as it is now. The acting is, of course, excellent ... "At the bottom" everyone needs to watch after all ...

An unexpected read for me. The characters in this production are older than indicated in the play. When young people talk about the prospects of getting out of the rooming house, this is one thing. When people who have lived speak, hopelessness presses right here. According to the play, it’s a pity that quite young lives are burning, but here it’s just like the last desperate attempt to somehow change something. At the same time, there is a lot of life in this rooming house, in this basement. All the same, passions are raging, but isn’t it at any age you want love, attention? I repeat, in terms of energy and excitement of the game, the actors of this performance will give odds to many young people, but a really different look at the play came out for me. Same Nastya. When a young girl fantasizes and shouts that "I had it, I had it" - well, you relate to these fantasies. think. There will be more. Let not as he dreams, even if not Raul, but still .. Yes, even if it does not happen, but there are chances. And when to dream, if not in youth? When does a lady far from young years, despite the fact that the image itself is on the verge of caricature, then its "it was, it was" like a knife to the heart. She clings to these fantasies, because, of course, there was nothing, but you also understand that now it is unlikely to happen again. It's like a straw. Right now I don’t even want to laugh, but for the evil comments of the “roommates”, I just want to kill them all with my own hands. A surprisingly tragic image with all the outward caricature ... And the same actor - somehow even more logical is his ending " storyline"The same Ash - it's really ashes. No, it flares up, anneals, but now it seems that he spent his whole life like this for nothing, why should he brag now. And if you think with a 30-year-old Ash, what will he be like there, in prison, and after?
And these dances... Youth can dance simply from youthful strength, right there is a desperate attempt to forget, drown out, "passed by"... All my life like this .. Not because it pulls to dance, but because otherwise it is already unbearable! In the end, I really didn’t want to clap to this dance .. I really just want to write “death” ...
And the very premises of the theater - the basement, the low ceiling - all reinforce this feeling of burden, burden of life. No matter how dreamed, no matter how the blood boils. At any age, you want to live and dream, but life is such a thing that it mows everyone down the same way ...

Vasilisa and Natasha - Olga Ivanova and Tamara Kudryashova. Not girls, and therefore their disassembly is even more terrible. Not momentary desire and jealousy, they know that they are sharing. Well, who ... And this calculation of Vasilisa is especially felt - an experienced manager draws up a plan. Long nurtured, not momentarily born. And love is not falling in love here, there is also an insult clearly mixed in. And Natasha still continues to dream, although it would seem.
Medvedev - Denis Nagretdinov. Funny. And it seems that you need to keep your face - the authorities are! And obviously tied here with all the affairs and family ties. Spin as you like. Well, it didn't get out...
Luka - Sergei Borodinov. What a beautiful image! For some reason, I perceive Borodinov as rather brutal, but he is so bright! An image beyond age and time. And you can’t call it blessed - it’s quite an ordinary peasant, and he says “usually”, he doesn’t prophesy. But it's so hard! Liked it very much!
Vaska Pepel - Alexander Naumov. The energy is very strong! Here he would move mountains! But earlier it was necessary, earlier ...
Tick ​​- Alexey Vanin. Embittered ... In my opinion, including even the wife who leaves him. She did not wait for caresses from him, but obviously he was already wilted without her ... Did he eat from her like a vampire? ... In the role of his wife - Tatyana Gorodetskaya.
Bubnov - Oleg Zadorin. To be honest, I would give the role of Luka to this actor. He says such reasonable reasonable things. And you willingly believe that you left everything to your wife - because you calculated everything reasonably. I even substantiated this life at the bottom - well, I don’t like to work! Ideological beggar :-))))))
Satin - Evgeny Bakalov.
Actor - Alexander Zadokhin. Beautiful image. Art still lives in it! And even if now the public is no longer the one that carried it in their arms, but still, alcohol cannot kill artistry. But the question is why live? Old memories of success? And I even suspect that he remembers not the very fact of being carried by fans, but the fact that he played in such a way that they would wear him! Was needed! Burn hearts with a verb! And despair, that forgets the words. How can you play on stage if your memory fails, if you don’t remember your favorite poems?!!! What could be more terrible? And probably, it was so easy for him to believe in the "promised land", which Luke did not show him on the "map". Since there is no hospital where they will cure, where they will help, there is no this promised land, then why is all this now? Stop dreaming, so what's left? "Oh, ruined the song! fool!"
Baron - Vyacheslav Grishechkin. Clearly from another world. With this importance, here inappropriate, with a readiness for humiliation. "you would then ask me to bark" - now what? Beating a lying person - what is the interest? On the other hand, the poor little soul is also ready to humiliate others. How can you not laugh at the same Nastya? Voulez Vous Coucher Avec Moi - how is it that the French language simply cuts the ear. Let at least so, but a little higher than the rest.
Asanka - Farid Taghiyev. A wonderful Tatar came out !! The most colorful!
Nastya - Galina Galkina. The textured actress and her roles are often such with a comedic bias. And here, at first glance, it seems like you just want to laugh at her. But that's not funny at all ... You can survive by living in the past, memories. And then an attempt to survive, clinging even to what was not, and then in absolute despair to shout that "it was, it was !!" And she convinces not these cellmates, sorry, her dormitory neighbors, she convinces herself. Because if these dreams are taken away from her, then there will be nothing at all!
Kvashnya - Irina Sushina. An economic and rather kind young lady. But he knows his own worth, too.
Alyoshka - Maxim Lakomkin. The role is small. but also bright.
Kid - Vadim Sokolov. What is he doing here? .... Tick away from here ...