Einstein and Margarita

April 28-29, 2024 (John Basset Theatre, Toronto)
A play about great love and the atomic bomb

Starring Ksenia Rappoport and Alexei Serebryakov.
Written by Alexander Gelman; Directed by Alexander Marin; Set design: Alexey Serebryakov; Costumes: Svetlana Tegin; Choreography: Maria Serebryakova.

In 1935, Princeton University commissioned a sculpture of Albert Einstein. The sculptor, Russian emigré Sergey Konenkov, arrived to Princeton with his wife Margarita, who began a wild affair with the world-famous physicist, lasting until August 1945. After the U.S. has just dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Einstein blames himself for his part in the creation of nuclear weapons, when Margarita informs him that in a week, after many years in America, she and her husband are returning to the Soviet Union for good.
Based on the recently discovered letters written by Albert Einstein to Margarita Konenkova, this play details the last days of the secret lovers’ time together. The audience is invited into Einstein’s Princeton’s residence, an intimate setting where terrible words will be spoken and a terrible secret will be revealed.

All pictures: flic.kr/s/aHBqjBrEsZ