you are: the Father of Russian theatre

Creation of Russian professional theatre had enormous value not only in theatrics development, but also cultures in general. At theatre only seventeen or eighteen tragedies, more than twenty comedies and one drama have been executed play Golberga ' Pride and poverty ', ' semira ', ' Sinav and Truvor ' Sumarokov. In 1759 the theatre has passed in court department, has become stronger its material and a financial position, but it has temporarily ceased to be popular, that should affect its repertoire. Wolves was dushoju theatre. It played a role of the god of war of Mars in a prologue ' New laurels ', the American (Indian) in a drama-ballet ' a virtue Shelter ', Oskolda in tragedy ' semira '. Mars read a vast, pathetic monologue, in which it was told about a victory of Russian armies at Frankfurt (went Seven-year war in which took part Russia, Prussia, Austria, Saxony, France and other countries (1756-1763). Oskold - this courageous, proud, noble leader of the people, the head of the country, have been won by alien prince Oleg. Oskold could not reconcile to defeat, with the heavy fate and was lost. The role of the American was close to role Oskolda. The American - the leader of Indians, has entered struggle against Europeans which have come to subdue its country. It also has suffered defeat and has been expelled in desert. Winners have decided, that it has hidden gold, for it have conceived to take away from the American the wife, and him to kill. The American has wanted to commit suicide, but it did not have a weapon. The wife has given it a dagger, it has amazed itself(himself) in a breast. Having pulled out a dagger from a wound of the husband, the wife has pierced itself. ' the genius ' has condemned colonizers-Europeans:

Muchitelnitsa you, Europe, all nature,

Brutal in you there live the people!

As well as in Sumarokov's all plays, action occurred behind side scenes, and on a scene actors spoke about it. According to poetics of theatre of classicism, nobody could sit on a scene, except the tsar, almost there was no properties and a requisite.