Mersedes

Anoush Aslibekyan

Anush Aslibekyan is a novelist, dramatist and theatre expert, candidate of art studies.

associate professor Aslibekyan is the author of five books. Works translated and published in Russian, Swedish, German, Polish, Greek, English, Hungarian. Her

plays were staged in the state theaters of Yerevan, Russia and the USA.

 

  The play "Mercedes" represents 1948  the fate of a whole generation of immigrants, the drama of life in Soviet Armenia. Established in Thessaloniki as a result of the genocide ,the daughter of Armenian immigrants, Miss Zaruhi, coming to Armenia and writing letters all her life keeps in touch with her older sister, Mercedes, who remains in Greece.

Soon for Zaruhi

it becomes clear that the heavenly life described by the agitators in Soviet Armenia

is far from reality: Stalinist repressions, exile, persecution of the "Akhpars",

added to this is the family drama. But Zaruhi, facing the bitter fate

blows, continues to live in the cradle of his grandfathers, maintaining a human high

qualities, patriotism and optimism. It is too expensive to have a homeland

pay the two sisters. The actions end with the yearning for Armenia's independence

with the news.

The play is especially relevant these days, when we are once again faced with immigration and independence problems of preserving the homeland.

 

Work with actors: Narine Grigoryan

Music composition: Narek Baghdasaryan