Rasputin
Rasputin, Ripples to Revolution, is a new musical by West End musical theatre star Peter Karrie.
Scheduled to premiere in Russia in 2013 (the 150th anniversary of Rasputin's birth) the musical intends to reveal "Rasputin: the man, the myth, the truth..."
The writer's note reads as follows...
"Rasputin was the doorway to today’s Russia. Whether by accident or design, without him being a peasant of the people, without him reaching the pinnacle of power... Without him being the way he was... No-one would have had the opportunity to see the glaring faults in the existing Royal family. Without Rasputin, the Bolshevik revolution might never have taken place at all (at least not at that time…).
History has depicted a Rasputin that was evil and of the devil. The truth is a very different story. He was not a saint by any means but he was also not the ‘Holy Devil’, as depicted by the political regime and press of the day. He wasn’t having an affair with the Tsarina. He had many problems in his life but that was not one of them. He was the ideal weapon to get the attention of the people. He was the perfect target for the paparazzi press and was always guaranteed to provide them with some form of anti royal propaganda. Which when used by The Guchkov press, hugely undermined and incited the naive people of Russia to rise up against Rasputin and the Romanov dynasty..."
It is hoped that Rasputin will form the basis of a major musical theatre project across Wales and beyond over the coming years, further information on which which will be published here and at www.makingmusic.wales.org.uk as it becomes available.
Further information on Rasputin, Ripples to Revolution, along with musical excerpts and information on the writer Peter Karrie, can be found at the project website www.rasputinthemusical.weebly.com
Scheduled to premiere in Russia in 2013 (the 150th anniversary of Rasputin's birth) the musical intends to reveal "Rasputin: the man, the myth, the truth..."
The writer's note reads as follows...
"Rasputin was the doorway to today’s Russia. Whether by accident or design, without him being a peasant of the people, without him reaching the pinnacle of power... Without him being the way he was... No-one would have had the opportunity to see the glaring faults in the existing Royal family. Without Rasputin, the Bolshevik revolution might never have taken place at all (at least not at that time…).
History has depicted a Rasputin that was evil and of the devil. The truth is a very different story. He was not a saint by any means but he was also not the ‘Holy Devil’, as depicted by the political regime and press of the day. He wasn’t having an affair with the Tsarina. He had many problems in his life but that was not one of them. He was the ideal weapon to get the attention of the people. He was the perfect target for the paparazzi press and was always guaranteed to provide them with some form of anti royal propaganda. Which when used by The Guchkov press, hugely undermined and incited the naive people of Russia to rise up against Rasputin and the Romanov dynasty..."
It is hoped that Rasputin will form the basis of a major musical theatre project across Wales and beyond over the coming years, further information on which which will be published here and at www.makingmusic.wales.org.uk as it becomes available.
Further information on Rasputin, Ripples to Revolution, along with musical excerpts and information on the writer Peter Karrie, can be found at the project website www.rasputinthemusical.weebly.com
