Commedia
del servitore

Conceived and directed by Stefan Moskov (Bulgaria)

Set design Plamen Bonev
Costumes Svila Velitchkova
Music Antony Dontchev
Lighting and video Ivan Tonev
Video animations Vladimir Chichkov
Dramaturgy Natasha Kurteva

Starring
Nikola Dodov, Kamen Donev, Christo Garbov, Nentcho Iltchev, Viara Kolarova, Stefania Koleva, Adriana Naydenova, Maya Novosselska, Gueorgui Spassov, Borislav Stoilov, Valentin Tanev, Stefan Valdobrev and Antony Dontchev (musician)

Premiere - March 23, 2002 - Bulgarian Army Theatre, Sofia (Bulgaria)

Co-production Théâtre Oulitzata, Bulgarian Army Theatre, La Filature – Scène Nationale de Mulhouse (France), La Rose des vents – Scène Nationale de Villeneuve d’Ascq (France), Festival d’Avignon, THEOREM (association supported by the Culture 2000 programme of the European Union). With the help of the Bulgarian television and the Bulgarian National Theatre Centre.

"Here is a show to the glory of those who bring theatre to life: servants, symbols of a living, ingenious, non-literary theatre, speaking in the vernacular. The servant stands in a very particular social and psychological situation. Capable of total submission, he pretends to be devoid of any personality, before suddenly revealing himself as a cunning charlatan with a thousand tricks up his sleeve. The way he looks at love, death and life transforms all moral principles. The interdependency of the master and the servant gives birth to a tragi-comic entity that excites fantasy and questions society. Literature tries to convince us that servants are unhappy and exploited, but let's think of Svejk playing the first world war, of Juliet's servant interpreting the balcony scene, of Leporello in rags seducing the Infant, of Sansho Pança facing the windmills…
Masters discover America, declare war, make scientific inventions and eventually enter History. But is it not a thousand times more comfortable to live with the responsibilities of a servant? And is it not more important to rehabilitate servants than celebrate the lofty deeds of their despots ? Let's make them juggle with situations, oscillate between two masters, disappear and be reincarnated…"
Stefan Moskov

Commedia del servitore Conceived and directed by Stefan Moskov (Bulgaria)
Set design Plamen Bonev Costumes Svila Velitchkova Music Antony Dontchev Lighting and video Ivan Tonev Video animations Vladimir Chichkov Dramaturgy Natasha Kurteva Starring Nikola Dodov, Kamen Donev, Christo Garbov, Nentcho Iltchev, Viara Kolarova, Stefania Koleva, Adriana Naydenova, Maya Novosselska, Gueorgui Spassov, Borislav Stoilov, Valentin Tanev, Stefan Valdobrev and Antony Dontchev (musician) Premiere - March 23, 2002 - Bulgarian Army Theatre, Sofia (Bulgaria) Co-production Théâtre Oulitzata, Bulgarian Army Theatre, La Filature – Scène Nationale de Mulhouse (France), La Rose des vents – Scène Nationale de Villeneuve d’Ascq (France), Festival d’Avignon, THEOREM (association supported by the Culture 2000 programme of the European Union). With the help of the Bulgarian television and the Bulgarian National Theatre Centre.
"Here is a show to the glory of those who bring theatre to life: servants, symbols of a living, ingenious, non-literary theatre, speaking in the vernacular. The servant stands in a very particular social and psychological situation. Capable of total submission, he pretends to be devoid of any personality, before suddenly revealing himself as a cunning charlatan with a thousand tricks up his sleeve. The way he looks at love, death and life transforms all moral principles. The interdependency of the master and the servant gives birth to a tragi-comic entity that excites fantasy and questions society. Literature tries to convince us that servants are unhappy and exploited, but let's think of Svejk playing the first world war, of Juliet's servant interpreting the balcony scene, of Leporello in rags seducing the Infant, of Sansho Pança facing the windmills… Masters discover America, declare war, make scientific inventions and eventually enter History. But is it not a thousand times more comfortable to live with the responsibilities of a servant? And is it not more important to rehabilitate servants than celebrate the lofty deeds of their despots ? Let's make them juggle with situations, oscillate between two masters, disappear and be reincarnated…" Stefan Moskov

Commedia del servitore

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