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Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Остро́вский; 12 April [O.S. 31 March] 1823 – 14 June [O.S. 2 June] 1886) was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period.
Jun 10, 2024 · Aleksandr Nikolayevich Ostrovsky was a Russian dramatist who is generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period. The son of a government clerk, Ostrovsky attended the University of Moscow law school.
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Aleksandr Ostrovsky was a Russian playwright who made significant contributions to the development of Russian theater. His plays are still performed, as their plots are still relevant. Ostrovsky’s father Nikolay was an ennobled attorney and his mother, Lyubov, was the daughter of a sexton.
Alexander Ostrovsky (1823–1886) was one of nineteenth-century Russia's most highly regarded playwrights, though his works are rarely performed in the West in the modern era.
Jul 11, 2024 · Aleksandr Ostrovsky. (1823—1886) Quick Reference. (1823–86) Widely acknowledged as Russia's greatest playwright, he was also the most prolific, producing 47 original dramas and 22 translations of foreign plays. Comparatively unknown in the West, his main ... From: Ostrovsky, Aleksandr in The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance »
The Storm (Russian: Гроза, sometimes translated as The Thunderstorm) is a drama in five acts by the 19th-century Russian playwright Aleksandr Ostrovsky. As with Ostrovsky's other plays, The Storm is a work of social criticism, which is directed particularly towards the Russian merchant class.
One of the leading Russian dramatists of the nineteenth century (b. 31 March/12 April 1823 in Moscow; d. 2/14 June 1886 in Slykova), born Aleksandr Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (Александр Николаевич Островский).
