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

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. 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. 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 The stage represents an unpretentious room in a coaching inn.