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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 (born March 31 [April 12, New Style], 1823, Moscow, Russia—died June 2 [June 14], 1886, Shchelykovo) was a Russian dramatist who is generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period.
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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...
Alexander Ostrovsky (1823–1886) was one of nineteenth-century Russia's most highly regarded playwrights, though his works are rarely performed in the West in the modern era.
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.
Aug 28, 1994 · 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,...
Jul 31, 2013 · These lines from a monologue by Katerina, the heroine of the play “The Storm,” are known to everyone in Russia, as is the name of the author, Alexander Ostrovsky, a dramatist and theater...
