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    ALEXANDER GRIGORIAN STAGES "THE BEAST ON THE MOON" PLAY DEDICATED TO ARMENIAN
    GENOCIDE VICTIMS IN MOSCOW

    YEREVAN, December 20 (Noyan Tapan). The premiere of the "The beast
    on the Moon" play staged by RA People's Artist Alexander Grigorian,
    the Artistic Director of the Yerevan Russian Dramatic Theater after
    K. Stanislavsky, was held at the Art Theater after A. Chekov in
    Moscow on November 20. According to Alexander Grigorian, American
    playwright Ruchard Kalinoskie's play is dedicated to the memory of the
    Armenian Genocide victims. It tells about the two Armenian young men,
    who survived the 1915 terror.

    According to the Artistic Director, "The beast on the Moon" brought
    great recognition to the author: the play was staged in about 50
    theaters of the US, it was translated into several languages and
    was awarded with the Osborne prize of the American Drama Critics
    Association.

    The playwright was present at the Moscow premiere of the play, he said:
    "This play is a real story of the parents of my first wife." Russian
    People's Artist Oleg Tobakov, the Artistic Director of the Moscow
    Art Theater, mentioned that the Armenian Genocide, which had 1.5 mln
    victims, isn't of less importance for him than Holocost.

    According to art critic Margarita Yakhontova, the play is topical
    not only for the Armenians. According to him, Russian artists Sergei
    Ugryumov and Janina Kolesnichenko's brilliant play delighted the
    Russian spectators.
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