
Ostrovsky: Plays Two
The Forest; Artistes & Admirers; Wolves & Sheep; Sin & Sorrow; The Power of Darkness
Alexander Ostrovsky(Author)
Oberon Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 1. September 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
370 pages
978-1-84002-198-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
395 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84002-198-1 (9781840021981)
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Alexander Ostrovsky
Ostrovsky: Plays Two
The Forest; Artistes & Admirers; Wolves & Sheep; Sin & Sorrow; the Power of Darkness
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Stephen Mulrine is a Glasgow-born poet and playwright who has written extensively for radio and television, and published many translations.