Том Стоппардың «Утопия жағалауы» трилогиясы

Trilogy of plays

The Coast of Utopia is a 2002 trilogy of plays: Voyage, Shipwreck, and Salvage, written by Tom Stoppard with focus on the philosophical debates in pre revolution Russia between 1833 and 1866. It was the recipient of the 2007 Tony Award for Best Play. The title comes from a chapter in Avrahm Yarmolinsky's book Road to Revolution: A Century of Russian Radicalism (1959). The trilogy, nine hours in total, premiered with Voyage on 22 June 2002 at the National Theatre's Olivier auditorium in repertory, directed by Trevor Nunn. The openings of Shipwreck and Salvage followed on 8 July, and 19 July, completing its run on 23 November 2002. In 2006, directed by Jack O'Brien, the plays debuted on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center, New York City, where it closed on 13 May 2007 after a combined total of 124 performances. The trilogy has also been performed in Russia; it opened at Moscow's Russian Academic Youth Theatre in October 2007, directed by Alexey Borodin. The trilogy received its Japanese premiere at Theater Cocoon, Bunkamura in Tokyo on 12 September 2009 and completed its run (including 10 one day marathon performances) on 4 October 2009. The production was directed by Yukio Ninagawa.

Directed by Trevor Nunn, the trilogy premiered with Voyage at the Olivier Theatre in London on 22 June 2002, followed by Shipwreck and Salvage with a six month run ended on 23 November 2002. Reviewing the play in The Guardian, drama critic Michael Billington wrote, "Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia in the Olivier is a bundle of contradictions. Comprising three three hour plays, it is heroically ambitious and wildly uneven. But I wouldn't have missed it for worlds and at its heart it contains a fascinating lesson about the nature of drama." He further commented on Stoppard the dramatist, "I think it is time we began to appreciate Stoppard not for his intellectual legerdemain, but for what he is actually best at: exploring the mystery of existence, the anguish of the human heart and the strange fact that it is our apprehension of death that gives joy and intensity to life."

The following table indicates the roles played by the main cast in London, New York, and Moscow, respectively. Several principal actors played multiple roles in each of the three plays. Role in Voyage Role in Shipwreck Role in Salvage Actor in London, 2002 Actor in New York, 2006 Actor in Moscow, 2007 Alexander Herzen Stephen Dillane Brían F. O'Byrne Ilya Isaev Liubov Bakunin Natalie Herzen Malwida von Meysenbug Eve Best Jennifer Ehle Nelly Uvarova Vissarion Belinsky n/a Will Keen Billy Crudup Evgeny Redko Ivan Turgenev Guy Henry Jason Butler Harner Alexey Miasnikov Mikhail Bakunin Douglas Henshall Ethan Hawke Stepan Morozov Alexander Bakunin Leonty Ibayev Stanislaw Worcell John Carlisle Richard Easton Viktor Tsymbal Varenka Bakunin Natasha Tuchkova Natasha Tuchkova Ogareva Charlotte Emmerson Martha Plimpton Ramilya Iskander

+YearAwardCategoryNomineeResult2007Tony AwardsBest PlayTom StoppardBest Direction of a PlayJack O'BrienBest Leading Actor in a PlayBrian F. O'ByrneBest Featured Actor in a PlayBilly CrudupEthan HawkeBest Featured Actress in a PlayJennifer EhleMartha PlimptonBest Scenic Design of a PlayBob Crowley and Scott PaskBest Costume Design of a PlayCatherine ZuberBest Lighting Design of a PlayBrian MacDevitt, Kenneth Posner, and Natasha KatzDrama Desk AwardsOutstanding PlayOutstanding Director of a PlayJack O'BrienOutstanding Actor in a PlayBrian F. O'ByrneOutstanding Featured Actor in a PlayBilly CrudupOutstanding Featured Actress in a PlayMartha PlimptonOutstanding Music for a PlayMark BennettOutstanding Set Design of a PlayBob Crowley and Scott PaskOutstanding Costume DesignCatherine ZuberOutstanding Lighting DesignKenneth Posner, Brian MacDevitt, and Natasha KatzOutstanding Sound DesignMark BennettDrama League AwardsDistinguished Production of a PlayDistinguished PerformanceBilly CrudupEthan HawkeBrian F. O’ByrneNew York Drama Critics Circle AwardsBest PlayTom StoppardOuter Critics Circle AwardsOutstanding New Broadway PlayOutstanding Director of a PlayJack O'BrienOutstanding Actor in a PlayBrian F. O'ByrneOutstanding Actress in a PlayJennifer EhleOutstanding Featured Actor in a PlayBilly CrudupOutstanding Featured Actress in a PlayMartha PlimptonOutstanding Set DesignBob Crowley and Scott PaskOutstanding Costume DesignCatherine ZuberOutstanding Lighting DesignBrian MacDevitt, Kenneth Posner, and Natasha Katz