THE LAST LOVE OF EINSTEIN

Translated by Guram Batiashvili

Director and musical arrangement - Temo Kuprava

Scenography by Levan Tsuladze

Costume designer - Nino Surguladze

Assistant director - Nino Zhorzholiani

 

Cast: 

Akaki Khidasheli, Eka Chkheidze 

Diration: 70 minutes, no intermission 

On tour – 8 

 

Genre – Drama

"Nothing is late while we live. It's just that everything is messed up in your head right now. 

You and I will put everything in its place .. if there is anything unnecessary, we will throw it 

away and the most important thing will remain - you and me. Well, look: how many things 

had to happen in the world in order you and me to meet, --the planetary catastrophes... 

Russian revolution... first was Lenin, then Stalin, then the repressions began - and for this 

reason, you decided not to return to the Soviet Union; then Hitler had to appear in Germany. 

My books had been set on fire on the Berlin’s Opera Square. .. I became an immigrant and 

ended up in this country. Endless horrors and tragedies had happened, and finally we met... "

The Geniuses, the extraordinary people make fewer foolish things, mistakes in personal 

relationships, they suffer and hurt the others. They can also give up everything for the 

happiness of the loved ones. Such rare people have more to lose, as they feel extremely 

responsible towards the humanity, but still they are ready to give up everything for the ones they love.

 

Review 

The play "Einstein's Last Love", staged by director Temo Kuprava in the Marjanishvili Theater, is the story of 

Albert Einstein's love, obsessions and passion with the Russian spy, Margarita Konenkova, who was the lover of 

the great physicist and scientist in 1935-45.

At first glance, it seems strange that the Soviet-era classicist, playwright, writer and publicist, an opponent of the 

Yeltsin and Putin eras, Alexander Gelman, is writing a play about the story of Albert Einstein's "last love". 

However, the fact is that this story has much more important political and social significance than the 

melodramatic genre implies. Gelman is the author of social and utopian plays of the Soviet era, whose topical 

dramas graced the stages of the entire Soviet Union in the 70s and 80s. Let's remember even Robert Sturua's 

"Premium" and "We, the writers of the lower hand" in the Rustaveli Theater. In the 21st century, he is writing a 

politically charged play based on personal correspondence between Einstein and Margarita, the wife of Russian 

sculptor Sergei Konenkov, auctioned at Sotheby's in 1998.

In the end, this charming woman turned out to be a Soviet agent and special agent who, despite her true feelings, 

still lied to Einstein about classified information.

Temur Kuprava's play, with a more modern, understandable irony, prompts us to think about the love adventure 

between the genius Einstein (Akaki Khidasheli handles this role with more pronounced irony) and the female 

spy, Margarita (Eka Chkheidze emphatically and richly parodies early Hollywood stars). The main thing is that 

even geniuses are ready to sacrifice their profession and "atomic secret" for fear of love and loneliness.

However, beyond existence, it is also emphasized that both are victims of political games and it is clear that 

their love is doomed.

And one more, important detail - the musical decoration of the play uses Mozart's sonata for violin and piano; 

The very piece that Einstein played on the violin.

David Bukhrikidze, Art Critic