Actualization of a Topical Literary Theme on the Georgian Stage: (Lasha Tabukashvili’s “Does it Matter if Wet Lilac is Wet?!”)

Abstract

Lasha Tabukashvili’s play “Does it Matter if Wet Lilac is Wet?!” reliably shows the situation in post-war Georgia. Historical truth (post-war stagnation in 90es, the hard social background, hunger, criminality etc.) and fiction are skillfully intertwined in the plot of the piay and against this background the tragedy of the so-called “lost generation” is revealed. There are only eight characters who embody the whole spectrum of the postwar, economically impoverished and morally degraded population. From their dialogues it can be seen that Georgian society, which abandoned the “idiotic sobriety”, hopes only on the help of newcomers from the parallel world.