My Redbreast (A Comedy Sadder Than Sad) is a 2012 play by Georgian playwright Miho Mosulishvili.
Plot Sopho returns from America, where she has been for the last twelve years, for her husband's death anniversary. She finds that her school friend, Shoka, is pregnant. Moreover, it turns out that her husband, Chito, has not died. He married Shoka, and his tombstone in their yard was just a means of extorting money from Sopho. The husband, friend, and even her son Toko cheated Sopho to take money from her and pay for the interest on the apartment, which they had put in the bank. They are alarmed by Sopho's unexpected arrival.
Sopho decides not to return to America, although Toko manages to bring old Baxter, whom his mother was taking care of in the States, to Georgia. He wants his mother to care for him in Georgia, not to lose money. Sopho refuses to look after Baxter and makes her family members care for him to punish the idlers Chito, Shoka, and Toko. Baxter intends to propose to Sopho, but since she supports the idlers, he concludes she is like them.
In the final scene, the characters are close to the Celestial Court. Their roles change: Sopho and Baxter care for Chito, Shoka, and Toko, who are confined to invalid chairs. Baxter names Sopho " My Redbreast" (the source of the play's title).
Characters Sopho — Chito's first wife, age 42 Chito — The speculator, Valiko Chitorelidze, age 44 Shoka — Chito's second wife, age 42 Toko — Chito's son, age 27 Baxter O'Sullivan — age 69 Alice O'Sullivan — daughter of Baxter O'Sullivan, age 35
Production July 12, 2013 — Municipal Theatre of Bolnisi (Georgia), Director Zurab Khvedelidze June 5, 2014 — Marjanishvili State Academic Drama Theatre (Georgia),My Redbreast Director Khatuna Milorava February 26, 2016 — Vaso Godziashvili Municipal Theatre of Velistsikhe (Georgia), Director Omar Kakabadze May 17, 2016 — Khulo State Drama Theatre (Georgia), Director Gega Kurtsikidze
Publication October 2, 2015 — Glosa Publishing, Tbilisi, Total Pages: 84. Chemo Mezholia December 15, 2016 — 'Mana Sarkanrīklīte (Skumja, ļoti skumja komēdija)', Vītola publishing, Latvia, Translated from Georgian into Latvian by Nino JakobidzeGulbenē izdod grāmatu ar gruzīnu dramaturga Mikho Mosulišvili lugas “Mana Sarkanrīklīte” tulkojumu latviešu valodā (in latvian) 2024 — Mon Rouge-gorge: La comédie plus triste que triste (French Edition), Édition de Kindle, Traduire de Géorgien en français par Omar Tourmanaouli, pages totales: 92 2024 - MY REDBREAST: A Comedy Sadder Than Sad, Kindle Edition, 51 pages.
Assessment Nino Todua, Doctor of Philological Sciences evaluated this play as follows:
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