Without a Dowry and Other Plays
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. 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 roun…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4683-0928-7
- EAN: 9781468309287
- Produktnummer: 29832282
- Verlag: Abrams
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'413 KB
Über den Autor
Norman Henley, Translator (1916-2012), received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in Slavic studies and taught at Johns Hopkins for many years. His other translations include The Russian Prose Reader and Pushkin's Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin.
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