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Russian Comedy of the Nikolaian Era (Russian Theatre Archive (Paperback M.E. Sharpe))

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These four Russian comedies were written during the reign of Nicholas I, a period of considerable repression and censorship. They represent the most popular genres of the period. Lensky's Her First Night was an immensely popular vaudeville which held the stage for years; Kozma Prutkov's Fantasy is a parody of vaudeville which was banned after one night. Turgenev's Luncheon with the Marshal is a comedy of manners about provincial life, and Saltykov-Schedrin's Pazukhin's Death is a satire of greed and corruption so savage that it was forbidden during the author's lifetime. This collection constitutes a remarkable comic spectrum which will assist in enlarging the English language repertoire with a set of newly available and hightly stageworthy scripts.

Author(s): L. Senelick
Edition: 1
Year: 1997

Language: English
Pages: 161

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Series Title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Introduction to the Series......Page 9
Introduction......Page 11
Her First Night......Page 19
Fantasy......Page 77
Luncheon with the Marshal of Nobility or A Friendly Division......Page 103
Pazukhin’s Death......Page 124