PERFORMANCE “EINSTEIN AND MARGARITA”

KSENIA RAPPOPPORT AND ALEXEY SEREBRYAKOV IN THE PLAY “EINSTEIN AND MARGARITA”
A play about great love and the atomic bomb.
Sat, May 04, 2024, 7:00 PM
Whitman Hall Theater, Brooklyn College

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In 1935, the Princeton Institute commissioned the Russian emigrant Sergei Konenkov to create a sculptural portrait of Albert Einstein. The sculptor's wife, Margarita, met the great physicist and became his love for many years.

It's August 1945, and the United States has just dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Einstein, who fled to America from the Nazis and the impending war, is acutely aware of everything that is happening. Margarita informs him that in a week, after many years of living in America, she and her husband are leaving back to the Soviet Union. Einstein will try to persuade her to stay, but in vain - separation is inevitable.

A new play by Soviet and Russian playwright Alexander Gelman, based on recently discovered letters from Einstein to Margarita Konenkova, takes place in Einstein's home in Princeton. On a quiet night in a modest house, terrible words will be spoken and a terrible secret will be revealed...

Cast: Ksenia Rappoport, Alexey Serebryakov.
Director: Alexander Marin.
Scenography: Alexey Serebryakov.
Costumes: Svetlana Tegin.
Choreography: Maria Serebryakova.

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A play about a great love and the atomic bomb.

Set design: Alexey Serebryakov.
Costumes: Svetlana Tegin.
Choreography: Maria Serebryakova.

In 1935, Princeton University commissioned a sculpture of Albert Einstein. The sculptor, Russian emigré Sergey Konenkov, arrived to Princeton with his wife Margarita, who began a wild affair with the world-famous physicist, lasting until August 1945. After the US has just dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Einstein blames himself for his part in the creation of nuclear weapons, when Margarita informs him that in a week, after many years in America, she and her husband are returning to the Soviet Union for good.

Based on the recently discovered letters written by Albert Einstein to Margarita Konenkova, this play by playwright Alexander Gelman details the last days of the secret lovers' time together. The audience is invited into Einstein's Princeton's residence, an intimate setting where terrible words will be spoken and a terrible secrets will be revealed.

Celebrated actors Ksenia Rappoport and Alexei Serebryakov have previously worked on several films, but this is the first time they share a theater stage together.

*This play is performed in Russian.