The present is historical. Historical present" at 22:12 on Radio Russia! Faust of the present Yevgeny Kniazev: "On the stage of the Vakhtangov Theater I play Faust and I do it with great pleasure - because everyone there is thinking about us. Now Faust has already signed an agreement with Mephistopheles, looks at himself and exclaims: "God, what do I see! What disgust! Is there no way for thirty years to fly off my shoulders in an instant? "It's totally today: the heroes go to the witch for the elixir of youth, and today people also go somewhere - where they don't say, and hope to drink something to rejuvenate quickly. Faust is a historical figure: he existed even before Goethe, mostly in theater - the one who sold his soul to the devil, and was dragged to hell. And it is not for nothing that Goethe wrote this work for 60 years: in the finale it seems that he is trying to save and even justify Faust. To save himself, the hero goes to hell, goes through all the circles, and finally comes to the idea that he does not need to think about himself: "I will create a whole, vast and new area, and let millions of people live in it. All his life, in the face of grave danger, he relies only on his free labor." Maybe that's exactly why God forgives him - and Faust doesn't go to hell." Guest: Yevgeny Kniazev - People's Artist of Russia. Presenter: Andrey Maliutin. To listen, subscribe to Radio Russia on Telegram MAX and download the official Russia Radio app!

The present is historical. Historical present" at 22:12 on Radio Russia! Faust of the present Yevgeny Kniazev: "On the stage of the Vakhtangov Theater I play Faust and I do it with great pleasure - because everyone there is thinking about us. Now Faust has already signed an agreement with Mephistopheles, looks at himself and exclaims: "God, what do I see! What disgust! Is there no way for thirty years to fly off my shoulders in an instant? "It's totally today: the heroes go to the witch for the elixir of youth, and today people also go somewhere - where they don't say, and hope to drink something to rejuvenate quickly. Faust is a historical figure: he existed even before Goethe, mostly in theater - the one who sold his soul to the devil, and was dragged to hell. And it is not for nothing that Goethe wrote this work for 60 years: in the finale it seems that he is trying to save and even justify Faust. To save himself, the hero goes to hell, goes through all the circles, and finally comes to the idea that he does not need to think about himself: "I will create a whole, vast and new area, and let millions of people live in it. All his life, in the face of grave danger, he relies only on his free labor." Maybe that's exactly why God forgives him - and Faust doesn't go to hell." Guest: Yevgeny Kniazev - People's Artist of Russia. Presenter: Andrey Maliutin. To listen, subscribe to Radio Russia on Telegram MAX and download the official Russia Radio app!