الابن الاكبر

by Aleksandr Vampilov, ألكسندر فامبيلوف, ضيف الله مراد (Translator)

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Genres: Plays, Russia, Russian Literature

206 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1967

About the author

Alexander Valentinovich Vampilov (Russian: Александр Валентинович Вампилов) (19 August 1937, Cheremkhovo, near Irkutsk – 17 August 1972 at Lake Baikal) was a Russian playwright. His play Elder Son was first performed in 1969, and became a national success two years later. Many of his plays have been filmed or televised in Russia. His four full-length plays were translated into English and Duck Hunting was performed in London.
Vampilov was the fourth child in the family of schoolteachers. Нis father, Valentin Nikitich, was of Buryat ancestry, and his mother, Anastasia Prokopievna was Russian, daughter of Russian Orthodox Church priest. His father was arrested for alleged nationalist activity.

The young Alexander taught himself guitar and mandolin, and his first comic short stories appeared in magazines in 1958, later collected as A Confluence of Circumstances under the name "A. Sanin". After studying literature and history at the Department of Philology at Irkutsk University, graduating in 1960, he turned to theatre. He was executive secretary of an Irkutsk newspaper from 1962 to 1964, and later formed an acquaintance with popular dramatist Aleksei Arbuzov.

The first production of Farewell in June in Moscow in 1966 was unsuccessful, but by the early 1970s he was becoming very well known, and his humanity and insight has been compared with that of Chekhov[1].

He married in the early 1970s, and drowned in 1972, while fishing on Lake Baikal. Last Summer in Tchulimsk was his final play.

Works

Farewell in June (Прощание в июне) (1966, rewritten 1970)
The Elder Son (Старший сын) (1967)
House, Overlooking the Field (Дом окнами в поле)
Provincial Ancedotes (Провинциальные анекдоты) (1968, comprising the one-act plays An Incident with a Paginator (Случай с метранпажем) and Twenty Minutes with an Angel (Двадцать минут с ангелом))
Duck Hunting (Утиная охота) (1970)
Last Summer in Chulimsk (Прошлым летом в Чулимске) (1972

Reviews

[Ehsan'Shokraie' · Rating 4 out of 5]

نمایشنامه پسر بزرگ را بسیار دوست داشتم شاید تمام آنچه از وامپیلوف وعده داده می شد را در پسر بزرگ بتوان یافت،طنزی گزنده و تلخ که واقعیات اجتماع را به نمایش می کشد و بیش از این..جز این نمی توانم بگویم که از خواندنش بسیار لذت بردم

[Memo Hamada · Rating 3 out of 5]

جميلة

[Manar Ahmed · Rating 3 out of 5]

حبيتها اوى وكان دمها خفيف رغم انها مش كوميديه الا انى ساعات كنت بلاقى نفسى ببتسم

[Christina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Хочу теперь на постановку.

[وائل المنعم · Rating 2 out of 5]

مسرحية متوسطة المستوى، الفكرة جيدة ولكن التناول سيء رغم بعض الاجزاء الجيدة، اضعف ما فيها بناء الشخصيات وارتباك الاحداث وتطورها غير المنطقي، لكن المشاعر التي تعكسها مفعمة بالحيوية والقوة رغم ذلك.

[Evoli · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Russian classic "The Elder Son" is one of Alexandr Vampilov's most famous plays.

What starts off as a comedy where the setting of the intrigue situation is being introduced (namely the deception of the Sarafanov family by two friends, Busygin and Silva) quickly turns into a serious and even philosophical as well as psychological read about the importance of eternal values of existence such as the continuity, interconnection and communication with people from different generations, the severance of soul ties as well as the importance of love and forgiveness by close people for each other.
The meaning of home and family are the central elements and Vampilov perceives them as being highly valuable. Everything else that happens in an individual's life revolves around the situation at home since our mood, our mindset, our upbringing etc. depend on problems and positive moments that were experienced, which makes cherishing and working for the wellbeing of our home and family crucial.
A possible explanation for why Vampilov puts such an emphasis on those topics is the fact that the playwright had lost his father at an early age and therefore painfully and acutely perceives the relationship between father and son.

Overall, an exquisitely written comedy that turns into a serious play shedding light on important topics and emphasising the important of home, belongingness and family!

[ابراهيم المُطُولي · Rating 3 out of 5]

المسرحية فنيا متوسطة رغم سمو الفكرة
عن الصراع الطبقي واحتقار الطبقات العليا لمن هم اسفل منهم مهما طال زمن الصداقة او حتى الحب
المسرحية ذكرتني بحادثة حفيد هدى شعراوي المشهورة بانها من اول النسويات في العالم العربي والمطالبة بحقوق المراة وتحريرها
ولكن عندما تزوج ابنها محمد علي من مغنية ترى هدى شعراوي انها دون المستوى لم تعترف بهذا الزواج ورفضت الاعتراف بحفيدتها ليلى محمد علي شعراوي
الخلاصة ان المباديء وكلام المحافل شيء والاعتقاد به وتفعيله في المعاملات اليومية شيء اخر

[Michelle Dodd (Creaney) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Listened. BBC Sounds.

[River · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have a working theory that Busygin is gay for Silva...

[Iman Rouhipour · Rating 3 out of 5]

" چی می‌خوایم؟ اعتماد! همین و بس. انسان‌ها با هم برادرن. احتمالاً در این مورد چیزی شنیدی یا می‌خوای بگی این هم برات تازگی داره؟ تو فقط نگاهش کن! برادری خسته، کوفته و گرسنه جلوی در وایساده، اون‌وقت این، حتی تعارف نمی‌کنه که بشینه."

[Fadia Alghool]

مسرحية تتحدث عن الازدواجية بالقيم
وان الناس يطلقون أحكامهم على الأشخاص المخطئين بشكل مختلف و مغاير تماما عما إذا كانوا هم المخطئين
يرفضون خطيئة الغير
اما اذا كانت الخطيئة منهم فهي مقبولة