Four Plays
Four Plays

Author: Alexander Ostrovsky

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 1997-05-13

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 1783194111

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Includes the plays The Forest, Artistes and Admirers, Wolves and Sheep and Sin and Sorrow Four of Ostrovskys finest plays. The best known of these, The Forest (1871), has two young lovers in thrall to their tyrannical elders, who are prevented from marrying until a pair of strolling actors come to their rescue. In Artistes and Admirers (1881), a comedy of theatre life, a dedicated young actress renounces both love and fortune in order to pursue her sacred calling. In the comedy Wolves and Sheep (1875) Ostrovsky returns to a favourite theme, the double-dealing and hypocrisy of the Russian landowning classes, while the melodrama Sin and Sorrow (1863) explores the tragic consequences of a bored provincial wifes brief affair.

Four Plays
Four Plays

Author: Aleksandr Ostrovsky

Publisher:

Published: 2015-04-14

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781511712507

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Four superb plays by the 19th century master of the Russian theatre. Chekhov's precursor or Chekhov's superior? You must decide but the work of Ostrovsky will help you see Cehekhov's work in perspective.

Ostrovsky: Plays Two
Ostrovsky: Plays Two

Author: Alexander Ostrovsky

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2016-07-06

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 1783192860

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Includes the plays The Forest, Artistes and Admirers, Wolves and Sheep and Sin and Sorrow Four of Ostrovsky’s finest plays. The best known of these, The Forest (1871), has two young lovers in thrall to their tyrannical elders, who are prevented from marrying until a pair of strolling actors come to their rescue. In Artistes and Admirers (1881), a comedy of theatre life, a dedicated young actress renounces both love and fortune in order to pursue her sacred calling. In the comedy Wolves and Sheep (1875) Ostrovsky returns to a favourite theme, the double-dealing and hypocrisy of the Russian landowning classes, while the melodrama Sin and Sorrow (1863) explores the tragic consequences of a bored provincial wife’s brief affair.

Without a Dowry and Other Plays
Without a Dowry and Other Plays

Author: Alexander Ostrovsky

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2014-02-04

Total Pages: 445

ISBN-13: 1468309285

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Contemporary of Turgenev, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy and precursor to Chekhov, he was a keen sociological observer, often exposing abuses of power, landing him in trouble with the censors again and again. He wrote 47 original plays and began the tradition of acting today associated with Stanislavsky. Ostrovsky’s plays were written with performance in mind and with a masterful use of colloquial language. To this day they are a much-performed part of the Russian repertory. Â This volume collects four of Ostrovsky’s key plays, each from a different decade—A Profitable Position, An Ardent Heart, Without a Dowry, and Talents and Admirers, and is rounded out by the translator’s introduction, an afterword for each play, an extensive bibliography, and complete list of Ostrovsky’s works.

Plays
Plays

Author: Alexander Ostrovsky

Publisher:

Published: 2013-05-31

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9781490312668

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A PROTEGE OF THE MISTRESS POVERTY IS NO CRIME SIN AND SORROW ARE COMMON TO ALL IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR--WE'LL SETTLE IT OURSELVES Four Plays by the Russian Master

Plays (Ostrovsky)
Plays (Ostrovsky)

Author: Aleksander Ostrovsky

Publisher: Pinnacle Press

Published: 2017-05-25

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9781374894006

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