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  1. 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.

  2. Apr 8, 2024 · Notable Works: “Bankrot”. 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.

  3. 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. Literary historians deem Ostrovsky the founder of Russian national drama, for he was the first to depict on the stage the ordinary merchants, government bureaucrats and ...

  4. Why is Alexander Ostrovsky the most important Russian playwright? Culture. Apr 12 2023. Alexandra Guzeva. Russia Beyond (Photo: Sputnik; Mosfilm) Follow Russia Beyond on Facebook. It was...

  5. 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.

  6. Without a Dowry (Russian: Бесприданница) is a play by Alexander Ostrovsky that premiered on 22 November [O.S. 10 November] 1878 at the Maly Theater and first published in the January 1879 issue of Otechestvennye Zapiski. Met with indifference by the contemporary critics, later it came to be regarded as a classic of the Russian theatre.

  7. Jul 31, 2013 · Aug 01 2013. Alisa Orlova. Follow Russia Beyond on Facebook. It is impossible to imagine the Russian stage without the works of Alexander Ostrovsky – they are performed all over Russia today,...

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