English Title: Wandering Requiem
Japanese Title: 彷徨のレクイエム
Romanized Title: Sasurai no Rekuiemu

Troupe: Snow
Year: 1981
Performances: Takarazuka Grand Theater, 5/15 - 6/23; Tokyo Takarazuka Theater, 8/2 - 8/30
Shinjin Kouen Performances: Takarazuka Grand Theater, 1st 5/29 & 2nd 6/12; Tokyo Takarazuka Theater, 1st 8/19 & 2nd 8/26

Based On:
Author/Director: Ueda Shinji
Director: Ako Takeshi
Composer: Terada Takio, Irie Kaoru, Kuratomi Seizou
Choreographer: Kita Hiroshi, Hayama Kiyomi, Kurotaki Tsukio
Conductor (Takarazuka): Nomura Youji, Mizoguchi Takashi
Conductor (Tokyo):
Shinjin Kouen Director:

Available on DVD: No

Role	Cast	Shinjin Kouen Cast 1	Shinjin Kouen Cast 2
Kobrinsky	Kotobuki Hizuru	Nanao Tomo	Mori Keaki
Kerensky	Soga Keiko	Akashi Noboru	Kashiwagi Kei
Empress Alexandra	Azusa Mayumi	Misono Juri	Tsuzumi China
Olga	Hatobue Maki	Kita Izumi	Hanada Ai
Tatiana	Mikaze Riza	Yumezono Ayame	Chisaki Aika
Maria	Kusabue Masako	Nozoe Sayuki	Chisa Mayuka
Anastasia	Mariya Tomoko	Sayaka Machiko	Daigo Yuki
Alexei	Yamashiro Haruka	Mitsuki Yuu (1979)	Asabuki Nao
Julliard	Oki Yukiko	Kamo Senjou	Tatsuki Yuu
Natasia	Seto Chihiro	Akatsuki Misato	Kotozuki Chiko
Countess Hendrikova	Ruri Toyomi	Nagi Masami	Asakaze Megumi
Uronsky/Orion	Asami Rei	Ebira Kaoru	Kiri Satomi
Merope	Masaki Keiko

Role	Cast
Mikhail	Asami Rei
Pepelu	Shou Sumire
Lyudmilla	Haruka Kurara
Sergei	Chishiro Kei
Seraphy	Mano Yuria
Stolypin	Kishi Kaori

Role	Cast	Shinjin Kouen Cast 1	Shinjin Kouen Cast 2
Felix	Asami Rei	Ebira Kaoru	Kiri Satomi
Anastasia	Haruka Kurara	Kachou Itsuki	Mikaze Riza
Michel	Kotobuki Hizuru	Asuka Yuu	Akitsu Yutaka
Isabelle	Kishi Kaori	Kusabue Masako	Aya Tatsumi
Raymond	Ebira Kaoru
Florestan	Kamijou Akira
Duke Paul	Shou Sumire	Konomi Shima	Ami Jun
Osric	Aoki Ryou	Mafue Hibiki	Takashiro Maya
Dowager Empress Maria	Ruri Toyomi	Hanamiya Rara	Ichihara Kei

Other Cast: Katsu Sachiyo, Akira Miyabi, Sara Kei, Kumi Mari, Yutaka Ayumu, Hokuto Hikaru, Hanamiya Rara, Nagi Masami, Asakaze Megumi, Mizuki Sei, Orizuru Ran, Nami Yurika, Akatsuki Misato, Asou Izumi, Asahina Hikaru, Aina Mayuki, Maikaze Nami, Fuyuki Kozue, Serina Kagusa, Kamishiro Shouko, Kei Natsuko, Nishiki Moyu, Yumezono Ayame, Chie Yukari, Shirabe Yuu, Ikenami Yukari, Chisa Mayuka, Tachihara Kae, Kodai Mizuki, Chigusa Mami, Hinatsu Mugi, Nazuki Kanade, Misaki Kou, Matsumiya Fuyu, Oosato Mika, Sayaka Machiko, Chisaki Aika, Asabuki Nao

Tokyo Theater only: Fuzuki Rei, Saotome Sachi, Aki Hisato, Nangou Kie, Kitahara Youko, Midorinaka Youko, Natsuki Tomo, Yuushio Manaka, Kazahaya Miho, Ai Yuriya

WARNING!! MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!!

After the prologue, the play opens at a theatre performance to celebrate the birthday of Empress Alexandra of Russia. It is suddenly interrupted by the announcement that Emperor Nicholas II has abdicated. The imperial family is sent into internal exile in Yekaterinburg, Siberia. Colonel Kobrinsky escorts them into exile, with secret orders from one of their remaining supporters to protect them from assassination.

Some time later, the imperial family has become accustomed to life in exile and are beginning to enjoy the country life; even Crown Prince Alexei's health is improving. Kobrinsky has begun to fall in love with the eldest princess, Olga. Suddenly, an envoy arrives from the Bolshevik government in Moscow, bearing orders for Kobrinsky to organize the execution of the entire family by the end of the next day.

That night Kobrinsky encounters Olga stargazing. She begs him never to part from her and they declare their feelings for each other. The unit from Moscow keeps a close guard on the house, and some of the imperial family members begin to guess their intentions. Alexei gives his French tutor, Gilliard—who he assumes will be spared as a foreign citizen—a song he has written, with the request that it be performed somewhere after his death. (This is the "Snowy Elegy" Part 1 takes its title from.)

Kobrinsky carries out his orders to execute the imperial family, and afterwards commits suicide himself. However, afterwards it turns out that he deliberately missed Olga and her favorite sister Anastasia, using his own suicide to distract from their survival. Gilliard and the two surviving princesses escape the house where the imperial family had been imprisoned.



(Synopsis from program)
It is May of 1919 in Turkey in the city of Constantinople. Mikhail and his partner, Pepelu, are smugglers who are also helping disgruntled Russians flee from the new regime and danger to safety in Paris and other cities. In return for their aid, Mikhail and Pepelu receive great sums of money.
One day, Sergei, an exile, begs them to get him and his wife, Lyudmilla, onto an escape boat. Lyudmilla was Mikhail's first love and he has never forgotten the heartache of losing her. She pleads with Mikhail 'My husband, Sergei, plans to restore the Romanov Dynasty. I hope with all my heart his plan is successful. Please help him.'
Mikhail is tempted to stop her from going with her husband. He is still in love with her.



The third segment of the show opens in Paris, during a revue performance that is again interrupted as several audience members burst onto the stage. A group accused pickpockets are seized, including Anastasia (now all grown up and with no trace of her royal upbringing), but are released since they aren't in possession of the wallets they allegedly stole. As the pickpockets cheer their escape, they are confronted by Felix, one of the performers: Anastasia had concealed a stolen wallet in his pocket. He intends to escort her to the police but when he hears her name is Anastasia, instead begins questioning her about her past.

Before ending up in Paris, Anastasia had been transferred from hospital to hospital. She remembers nothing about her own history or background. Felix sends for Gilliard, who has a position in the theatre orchestra and had told Felix of his search for Anastasia, who had gone missing after the escape from Russia. However, Anastasia does not recognize him and he also cannot believe she is the Anastasia he is looking for. Felix insists that Gilliard play the song Alexei wrote, and Anastasia suddenly declares that she is Anastasia Romanov.

The discovery of the lost princess becomes the talk of the town. Gilliard still has some suspicions, since Anastasia's personality is so different, but Felix believes she is the real princess and desires to give her a happier life. He even quits the theatre to help Gilliard retrain Anastasia in royal behavior, but Anastasia hates the lessons and quarrels with Felix constantly.

One of the surviving Romanov servants visits. He is convinced that the real Anastasia died with the rest of the imperial family and accuses Anastasia of being an impostor, although he is eventually convinced.

Anastasia's pickpocket friends are beginning to be confused: at the start, this was all a scheme to dupe Gilliard. If Anastasia's identity was established as a Romanov, she would be able to withdraw the funds remaining in the imperial family's foreign accounts. Even though Anastasia is beginning to seem more and more like the real princess, they decide that the truth is irrelevant.

Matters come to a head when the Dowager Empress arrives from Denmark, with the fiance who had been selected for Princess Anastasia before the revolution. Felix struggles between his feelings for Anastasia himself and his desire to ensure her a happy future, even if it means never seeing her again: a revue performer and a princess live in completely different worlds.

Part 4: Limitless Tomorrow

Russian and Parisian themed short revue, leading into the finale.

• Produced in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of Takarazuka Family Land.
• Final perfornance for Senka members Oki Yukiko and Seto Chihiro.
• Also the final performance for Akashi Noboru and Kashiwagi Kei.

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