The Cabal of Hypocrites (tour of the A.P. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater) in Saint Petersburg, Alexandrinsky Theater

Please note, the cast may change.

Director: Yuri Kvyatkovsky

Casting: Konstantin Khabensky, Alexandra Rebenok, Olga Petrova, Elizaveta Ermakova, Ilya Kozyrev, Sergey Volkov, Igor Khripunov, Ivan Dergachev, Ivan Volkov, Maxim Nikolaev, Andrey Kislitsin, Sergey Medvedev, Pavel Vashchilin, Sergey Medvedev, Andrey Kislitsin, Valery Troshin, Ivan Zuborenko, Artur Vasiliev, Daniil Feofanov, Andrey Kislitsin, Sergey Medvedev, Valery Troshin, Alexey Agapov, Elizaveta Ermakova, Arseny Gusev, Vsevolod Kornikov, Daniil Feofanov, Alexey Agapov, Vsevolod Kornikov, Vera Efremova, Daniil Kuznetsov, Arseny Gusev, Vera Efremova, Vsevolod Kornikov, Svetlana Nikolaeva, Kamilla Khaeva

The Alexandrinsky Theatre invites audiences to the A.P. Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre's touring production of "The Cabal of Hypocrites." The play is based on the biography of Moliere and Mikhail Bulgakov's famous play dedicated to the great playwright. The premiere of the updated production took place on September 4, 2025, to a full house, so we recommend booking tickets for "The Cabal of Hypocrites" in advance while seats are still available.

The play first premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1936, but was soon banned by censors. The life story of Jean-Baptiste Molière becomes the central plot, reflecting the author's personal experiences regarding the relationship of the creator with the state, society, and his own destiny. The leading role of Molière is played by Konstantin Khabensky, artistic director of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater, and King Louis XIV is played by Nikolai Tsiskaridze, People's Artist of Russia.

The plot revolves around the actors' intrigues, political conspiracies, and philosophical reflections on the nature of creativity, raising themes of the duality of freedom and submission, sincerity and pretense, loyalty and betrayal. All this creates a unique image of phantasmagoria, where the line between tragic and comic is erased, turning into a vivid reflection of various historical periods: the reign of Louis XIV, the Stalin era of the USSR and modern times.

For the new version, quotes were used from Mikhail Bulgakov's story "The Life of Monsieur de Moliere", "Meditations on First Philosophy" by René Descartes, "Moral Letters to Lucilius" by Seneca, "On Slavery and Human Freedom" by Nikolai Berdyaev, a speech by Girolamo Savonarola, "Confessions" by St. Augustine and many other significant authors, including documentary materials from the era of Soviet censorship.

We invite you to get acquainted with one of the new productions of the Moscow Art Theater named after A.P. Chekhov within the walls of the legendary Alexandrinsky Theatre!

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