Fire Hunt with Beaters
play
Fire Hunt with Beaters (Lithuanian: Ugnies medžioklė su varovais, Hunt with Beaters for Fire) was the first Lithuanian theatre musical. Formally, its plot is a traditional love triangle, however with unexpected twists, evolving in the environment of Soviet Lithuania. The music is by Giedrius Kuprevičius, the libretto is by Saulius Šaltenis (songs) and Leonidas Jacinevičius (prose).
Lithuanian theatre critic Audronė Girdzijauskaitė explained the title as follows: "Fire is living human feelings, aspirations, desires. The chorus commenting on the actions and events are the beaters who help in the fire hunt".
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Monika and Rolandas study together in Vilnius and have a romance. After the studies Monika was assigned to teach in a small town, while Rolandas stayed in the city. At the train station during the farewell they get into a quarrel, a discharged soldier Julius intervenes and Rolandas injures his arm. Monika takes care of him and lets him live in her home. Monika expects a child from Rolandas, but agrees to marry Jonas, and after some time she starts having feelings towards him, forgetting the past.
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