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Fate and the Imperial Dream: A Russian Approach |
| Section: THE ARTS / THEATER |
| Author: John Elsom |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2000 |
| Size: 2,807 Words, 16,933 Characters |
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In the autumn of 1999, as the clock ticked steadily toward the new millennium, the ninth annual "Baltic House" International Theater Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia, featured a world championship bout between two heavyweight theater directors: Eimuntas Nekrosius and Rimas Tuminas. Their common theme, as seen through their productions of Macbeth and King Oedipus, was one that concerns us all--fate. To what extent is destiny something that human beings can control? They had different views on the subject, one darker than the other, but as someone from the West, where fate usually means TV game shows, I found the philosophical struggle compelling. It was so intense. The performances were powerful, but where in the West would the public hammer at the doors of a theater to watch and listen t...
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...rmination of the people, the sign of true heroism, the conquest of nature itself.
But as another millennium wipes its feet on the mat, there may be some in this city who feel a sense of relief that the centuries of classical heroism are over and the days of the shopkeepers have begun. No more wars, no more revolutions, peace in the land--and good trade relations with the rest of the world.
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