I.A. Mukhamatgaliev’s contribution to the development of modern Tatar children’s drama

Abstract

The article systematizes information on the work of the screenwriter, the Honored Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan I.A. Mukhamatgaliev. We reveal the contribution of the playwright-translator to the development of Tatar children’s drama. The research is based on the plays “Kiyok Kaz yuli” (“The Formula of Beauty”, 2022), the fairy tale play “Myraubatyr Maҗaralary” (“The Adventures of Myraubatyr”, 2023) and the kaleidoscope play “MakarҗAd Theater” (“Once Upon a Time at the Fair...”, 2024). The work of I.A. Mukhamatgaliyev is an interesting experience of thorough work conducted by theaters with specific authors to satisfy repertoire hunger. We prove that when creating dramatizations in order to reflect his author’s and director’s vision of reality, the actor-playwright reworks “someone else’s text”, sometimes several plots by completely different authors. I.A. Mukhamatgaliyev can preserve the main storyline and rework the text to make it completely unrecognizable. During the analysis of I.A. Mukhamatgaliyev’s plays, we came to the conclusion that staging was part of the literary process. The works of I.A. Mukhamatgaliyev are author’s dramatizations reflecting his worldview and conducting a dialogue with the original text.