Спектакль Паўлінка (1944–2021) Льва Літвінава як прастора барацьбы за памяць
The Performance „Pavlinka” (1944-2021) by Lev Litvinav as a Space of Struggle for Memory

Summary/Abstract: The article explores the almost indescribable history of the famous performance Pavlinka staged in 1944 by Lev Litvinav that still is performed at the National Kupala Theatre in Minsk. Despite the ethnographic and comedy character of the performance, during the protests 2020, it became a space for the ideological struggle between the actors who left the theatre (joined the protests) and those who supported the regime. Briefly presenting the main points of this ideological campaign between two troupes of the National Kupala Theatre, the article describes the history of the play Pavlinka and as well as the biography of its director Lev Litvinav, which the author could reconstruct using archival documents, including from Litvinav’s family archive.

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