Paulinka (play)
Paulinka(Belarusian:Паўлінка) is a comedy play in two parts by aBelarusianpoet and writerYanka Kupala.[1]) Written in 1912, it was printed first time in 1913 inSt. Petersburgby the publisherThe Sun Will Peek into Our Window As Well(be:Загляне сонца і ў наша аконца)[2][3]
Plot
[edit]Paulinka is a daughter of apetty nobleman( "villageszlachtic") Sciapan Krynicki. She falls in love with the local teacher Yakim Saroka. The father disapproves this planning her marriage with a wealthierszlachcicBykovsky. Paulinka and Saroka are planning to run away, but Yakim is arrested for his revolutionary views, ratted out by Bykovsky.
Play directors often replace the finale with a more optimistic one: the pair does run away.[3]
History
[edit]The play grew out of the short storyAnd the Willows Rustled(А вербы шумелі) started by the author.[3]It is suggested[by whom?]that the prototype of Paulinka was Kupala's lyrical friendPaulina Myadzyolka,but in later years she denied this.[4]Some also claim that Myadzyolka was first one to play Paulinka, which is not true: the first amateur play ofPaulinka,starring Софья Маркевич, was in Vilnius in January 13, while Maydzyolka played next month in an amateur play in St.Petersburg.[4]
In film
[edit]In 1952 a Russian-language TV play was released directed byAleksandr Zarkhiand starringLyudmila Senchina. In 1972Belarusfilmreleased a full-featuremusical filmAfter the FairstarringLyudmila Senchina,screenplay byAndrey Makayonak,directed byYuri Tsvetkov.
References
[edit]- ^"Паўлінка".Янка Купала.Беларуская Палічка.Retrieved2013-02-28.
- ^Паўлінка.Живая библиотека.Retrieved2013-02-28.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^abc"«Паўлінка» восьмы дзясятак на купалаўскай сцэне"
- ^ab"Первая Павлинка Купаловского театра получила роль 19-летней барышни, когда ей было уже 40, а играть в спектакле продолжала до 60!"
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