A production of Nikolai Gogol’s Marriage was staged as part of the entertainment for “Russian Day” in 1982. First published and performed in 1842, the play features the indecisive protagonist Podkolesin, who reluctantly employs the help of a matchmaker in order to find himself a bride.
Top right: Members of the cast and crew of Marriage. Left to right: Alan Thomas (Kochkarev); Stanley De Freitas (Zhevakin); Adam Henderson (Anuchkin); Andrea Thomas (Agafya Tikhonovna); Will Stamper (Podkolesin) and Heidi Collier.
Bottom right: The Matchmaker with her prospective suitors. Stanley De Freitas as Zhevakin, Trevor Smith as Yaichnitsa and Adam Henderson as Anuchkin, with Lesley MacDonald as the Matchmaker, Fëkla Ivanovna.