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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. From 1843 to 1848 he was employed as a clerk at the Moscow.
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Without a Dowry (Russian: Бесприданница) is a play by Alexander Ostrovsky that premiered on 22 November [O.S. 10 November] 1878 at the Maly Theater and first published in the January 1879 issue of Otechestvennye Zapiski.
One of the first comedies by Alexander Ostrovsky (1823-1886) - ‘It’s a Family Affair - We’ll Settle It Ourselves’ (1849) - describes the financial machinations of a Moscow merchant. He declares...
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.
Aug 28, 1994 · SO you've never seen a play by Alexander Ostrovsky (1823-1886). Well, who has? Operagoers, perhaps, only indirectly. Two of the approximately 50 works by Russia's once-leading, still popular...
May 23, 2018 · OSTROVSKY, ALEXANDER NIKOLAYEVICH (1823 – 1886), playwright and advocate of dramatists' rights. Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky wrote and coauthored some fifty plays, translated foreign plays into Russian, and worked tirelessly to improve conditions for actors, dramatists, and composers.
